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What is "normal bedtime"? Even on reserve it's part of the job to adjust your sleep to scheduled rest no matter what they do with you. Nobody's out there doing "rolling-reserve" are they?
172driver said:Yes they are. At Comair it is standard practice to constantly change your reserve windows, especially right now, as they are even more short-staffed than normal. This month, I have done 0800-2200, 1000-2400, 1200-2400, and 1800-2400 (the CD shift). Then, of course, once you're assigned a trip, all bets are off. You routinely have report times varying by 12-16 hrs from trip to trip, with some CDO's thrown in there. And that's for a very senior reservist.
I recently had a 1200-2400 callout window where I was paged at 1400, released to rest, and my window was changed to a 2400-1400 for that night. So, theoretically, if I wasn't a good napper, which I'd have no reason to be while holding a day shift, I could've been awake for around 32 hours straight -- 0800 day 1 (my normal waking hour with that shift) until 1600 day 2. At best, I would have been awake for 32 hrs with an afternoon nap of an hour or two. Legal but not safe. They didn't call me out on day 2, but if they had, I was definitely going with the fatigue call. The final word on safety still rests with the crewmember.
I hate to come off as bad mouthing the company at a time like this, but I agree with NJA, something has to be done. Our reserve system is pretty brutal. I will also say that Comair operates well within legal boundaries when it comes to this issue, so you have to look at who makes the law.
I will not comment on the specifics of the accident crew's rest/duty/circadian cycle except to say that the CA was a reserve and the FO and FA were displaced lineholders. All had much more than required rest.
FlyBunny said:There's nothing wrong with calling it 'Runway Two Two Zero', is it?
We just use short form and 'acronyms’ because of space and frequency use limitation. This person has all the time in the world to use the full name rather than having to omit a ‘zero’. Believe me, more people in this world are non-pilots and you still think that anything said in this world about aviation should follow strict aviation ‘standards’ and ‘rules’.
Get over it!
Bunny