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As a pilot for an airline that regularly schedules 13:57 hour days with a 9.0 hour overnight, I dread this when our crew planners figure out what could be done with flight time in excess of 8.0 hours. For most airlines, FAR 121 is not a limitation, it is a goal.
Jet Blue is a new airline with a relatively limited number of flights that does not allow the crew planners the flexibility to extract the maximum "productivity" from their pilots yet. Just wait until you grow a little and have more flights for your schedulers to work with. You'll be sorry! Unfortunately, we will feel it first at the outfits that are flying 7 plus legs a day.
Flying tired is worse than flying drunk accordig to several studies. Why is it that the World has a coniption if a pilot is over the alcohol limit, but could care less if the pilot is a exhausted zombie?
Jet Blue is a new airline with a relatively limited number of flights that does not allow the crew planners the flexibility to extract the maximum "productivity" from their pilots yet. Just wait until you grow a little and have more flights for your schedulers to work with. You'll be sorry! Unfortunately, we will feel it first at the outfits that are flying 7 plus legs a day.
Flying tired is worse than flying drunk accordig to several studies. Why is it that the World has a coniption if a pilot is over the alcohol limit, but could care less if the pilot is a exhausted zombie?