Airline Pilot Fatigue

Airline pilot fatigue seems to be a very common sense issue to me. Ask any pilot who does this for a living and they will tell you what it takes for them to perform at their best and safest level. The problem is the FARs allow airlines to push pilots beyond their limits. Sure the pilot can call in "fatigued" but good judgment goes very fast when a pilot is tired.

It is amazing the FAA has the FAR rest and duty day regulations that it does. My guess is the airlines put real pressure on them to make them the way they are. There are very few professional pilots that agree with all the rules the FAA has in place.

Good luck in getting them changed. The airlines will cry that it will cost them too much to change the duty and rest rules to what a professional pilot would think is reasonable.

How does that make you feel passengers. The pilots don't agree with the FAA rest and duty regulations but yet no one will change them. Changing these regulations is needed but safety does not win. Doesn't make sense does it.

I am not saying all the FAA regulations need changing but many do.

Fatigue and flying an airplane don't mix, the problem is the airlines push this to the limit too often with their schedules and cost savings.