Very true, Clunt, very true. When I worked in London, I often saw overworked office managers asleep at their desks at 20:00 or so (not 04:00, but 20:00.). But despite the claimed 'fatigue' nobody died.
Is the penny beginning to drop?
Silverstrata
The biggest risk to the Office worker and Pilot is the same - driving home.
In the Office that manager can nap, in the air - 2 crew, ATC, highly automated systems, nap maybe, prescriptive limits, ability to call in fatigued or sick.
As JF says go find another job.
silverstrata: I've tried that approach with 3 different airlines and their rostering officers and financial officers. Deaf ears and headache from banking against brick wall.
Likewise with Pilots in the Office, most are desperate to get back in the air when faced with only two days off a week