ALPA and fatigue on CNN

[av8er2]

CNN will have a show about fatigue on Sunday at 10:00.

I am glad becuause this is a serious problem.

I also have to say it is about time! This is not a new problem, put our dues to work on something useful, I am sick and tired of getting 6 hours sleep with no food and working 10+ hour duty days the next day.

The 14 hour duty day is a joke.

I really hope some other media sources jump on this.

 

[ReportCanoa]

Ever try a 16 hour day?

 

[ArcticFlier]

Ever try a 16 hour day?

Yeah............with 13 landings.


AF

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

Don't rely on the media to fight your battles. Call in fatigue when you see it...

 

[Mr Wu]

CNN will have a show about fatigue on Sunday at 10:00.

I am glad becuause this is a serious problem.

I also have to say it is about time! This is not a new problem, put our dues to work on something useful, I am sick and tired of getting 6 hours sleep with no food and working 10+ hour duty days the next day.

The 14 hour duty day is a joke.

I really hope some other media sources jump on this.

TiVo says it's about sleep and dreams, not pilot fatigue.

 

[YMICFI]

Rest

I regularly do 14-16 hour duty days. The company I'm with has no problem with that and we have no contract saying otherwise. I have done multiple days in a row like this. By the end of one, I'm like jello. It seriously needs to be addressed.

 

[ArcticFlier]

I regularly do 14-16 hour duty days. The company I'm with has no problem with that and we have no contract saying otherwise. I have done multiple days in a row like this. By the end of one, I'm like jello. It seriously needs to be addressed.

It gets addressed everytime an accident happens (ie AA in LIT). Problem is, this being addressed and something actually being done about it are two different things.


AF

 

[XJohXJ]

Companies will never address it because it costs money to do so.

 

[n6604f]

No....It is the corrupt politicians and FAA that have the lobbyist from the airlines breathing down their necks. The just are afraid to stand up for what is the biggest safety threat to passengers.

 

[ArcticFlier]

No....It is the corrupt politicians and FAA that have the lobbyist from the airlines breathing down their necks. The just are afraid to stand up for what is the biggest safety threat to passengers.

'nuff said........



AF :beer:

 

[propjockey]

I've been doing a pairing this month that has 0515 shows every day, moving to a time zone farther east every day until we're in Eastern Time Zone for the wake-up on Day 4. A couple days is not enough for your body to get used to going to bed at 1800 and waking up at 0200 your local time, then fly 5 legs in a 12-hr day with a 3 hr sit in the middle. By the end of the last day, both of us are loopy enough to be considered legally drunk in several states. As it's been said many times before, just because it's legal does NOT mean it's safe!!

 

[XJohXJ]

The number of times I've been staggering around the terminal, entirely from severe fatigue, I'm kinda surprised I haven't been questioned...

 

[jetexas]

Gotta love those 515am EST van times when you are used to CST. Then flying 7 hours 58 minutes with no breaks. You start hearing things towards the end of it. "was that descend to 8000 and turn 050 at __fix, or was it descend to 5000 and turn 080??" You know it's a problem when you have to verify simple stuff like that 2 or even 3 times.

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

No....It is the corrupt politicians and FAA that have the lobbyist from the airlines breathing down their necks. The just are afraid to stand up for what is the biggest safety threat to passengers.

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