ASA pilot says Long Commutes not Fatiguing

[doh]

Probably not, because they have little practical ability to monitor or evaluate the quality of rest that a pilot receives, unless he tells them. They can, however, easily check whether any job-related activity (like commuting) might have kept the pilot from having an adequate opportunity to rest. That is what they might try to regulate.

If they want to do that, maybe they could start with the job related activity of 16 hours of duty followed by the release (planeside) to 8 hours of reduced rest. Transportation, local in nature, there's a loaded gun. Yes, I know that I am dreaming.

 

[Mike man]

The problem is that legislation signed in 1936 is still a major player in dictating our work rules. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_Labor_Act

It was just amended in 2008 as the "Rail Safety Improvement Act" for railway workers giving them a monumental leap in QOL.

Here are the two key points in this new legislation:

Employee may NOT remain or go on duty for a period in excess of 12 consecutive hours.

Employee may NOT remain or go on duty UNLESS the employee has had at least 10 consecutive hours undisturbed rest off duty during the prior 24 hours.


I dont see why these rules cannot apply to us. Nothing against railway workers, but i think our job is a little bit harder, and fatigue plays a much bigger role safety wise in the cockpit than it does in a train control room.

I got to thinking today about the commute in and that we are not the only ones involved in transportation. Trains, subway, trucks and the list could go on, if our commutes get added to our duty, gratis no doubt, then all transportation worker commutes need to be added to their duty times.

Why doesn't ALPA, Teamsters, APA, et all push for an Airline Worker Labor Act?