Tired Airline Pilots
It is amazing some of the schedules the airlines get away with. The FAA is so far behind in the rest rules.
The other day I did a trip where I flew 8 hours during a 13 hour duty day. I also had to get up at 5:00am that day. At the end of the day we had a 9 hour overnight which I only got about 6 hours sleep. For some reason the FAA feels you can go to the hotel eat and go right to bed. As we all know it doesn't go like that. Everyone needs some time to slow down and relax. By the time you do that you only get about 6 hours sleep.
The next day we had to get up at 4:30am and work a 11 hour day and fly 6.5 hours. Needless to say I was beat that afternoon. Oh by the way I flew about 27 hours in 4 days.
The FAA really needs to work on the rest rules. The airlines are taking pilots schedules to the limit too often. Even though we have a union, they seem to be ineffective.
The other day I did a trip where I flew 8 hours during a 13 hour duty day. I also had to get up at 5:00am that day. At the end of the day we had a 9 hour overnight which I only got about 6 hours sleep. For some reason the FAA feels you can go to the hotel eat and go right to bed. As we all know it doesn't go like that. Everyone needs some time to slow down and relax. By the time you do that you only get about 6 hours sleep.
The next day we had to get up at 4:30am and work a 11 hour day and fly 6.5 hours. Needless to say I was beat that afternoon. Oh by the way I flew about 27 hours in 4 days.
The FAA really needs to work on the rest rules. The airlines are taking pilots schedules to the limit too often. Even though we have a union, they seem to be ineffective.
posted by Jet Airline Pilot at 6:11 AM
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