Colgan Fatigue Policy

[suupah]

Problem is there are a lot of D-bags out there openly talking about bangin out fatigued just to get a day off or shorten their day. Happens all the time. Mostly with the FA's though but sadly enough with a lot of pilots too.


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[belliott]

Its legit... unfortunately.

 

[Regul8r]

2. If the crewmember is returning from days off.

So if you have a child that needs to be taken to the emergency room at 2 AM the morning your trip begins (At the end of your days off, of course) you will be punished accordingly?

Some anonymous individual needs to send this to the newspapers immediately.

 

[bri5150]

Rather than publishing rules that are marginal at best, maybe you could have a sit down with those that call in fatigued a lot to see what's going on?

 

[suupah]

This is getting a lot of attentions

 

[Seahawker01]

Any contact info for someone that cares in the media or the FAA?

 

[Uncle Bunkle]

Some anonymous individual needs to send this to the newspapers immediately.

I already offered to do so. Yet so far, nobody had posted/sent/PM'ed etc. an official copy of this to me. I'll do it if someone gets me the real thing.

 

[rfa]

Heck, I'll do it too.

 

[no1pilot2000]

What is the difference between being tired and fatigued?

 

[suupah]

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[Regul8r]

http://www.buffalonews.com/home/story/910797.html

 

[buscap]

Well, is anyone reading this who just so happened to have called in fatigued for frivolous reasons? There's two sides to this.

Sorry, but there is.

 

[dingo222]

it stems from the D-bags that were calling in fatigued so they could get a day off or commute home earlier. Once again, the company over reacts and shoots from the hip

 

[rjacobs]

So if you have a child that needs to be taken to the emergency room at 2 AM the morning your trip begins (At the end of your days off, of course) you will be punished accordingly?

If you call in fatigued for that I would say your an idiot. That is a family emergency, not a fatigue call and should be treated accordingly. Its those kind of fatigue calls that kill it for everybody else. Call in with what was going on, not something else.

Its like a guy who is sick all night calling in fatigued because he couldn't sleep because he was up sick all night. Thats a damn sick call, not fatigue.

While I dont agree with the method that Colgan is going about this, they are having people abuse the fatigue call process and this is their reaction to it. I dont see it lasting to long in its present form.

 

[Mr Wu]

Once again, the company over reacts and shoots from the hip

Were their guns loaded?