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Ditto Horizon. Waiting for Sabre to reprogram whatever TRS-80 they run Training Records on. They're having a hard time finding cassette tapes. I offered them some of my old Styx albums.
An example of this was many airlines moving away from "in house" 12 hour bottle to throttle rules and reducing the requirement to the FAA 8 hour rule a few years ago. It was done for liability reasons as stated above because if a pilot showed up above the limit between 12 and 8 hours and flew, then wrecked, the company would have been responsible for not enforcing their own rule. Ford & Harrison led that move.
...and once again the unions will be worthless addressing the once a year medical issue with mngmnt!
Otherwise good news!
I had a nice little rant worked up ripping ASA management for putting out excuses and "we'll try to get this through but don't guarantee anything" garbage but it looks like Scott went and took the wind out of my sails with his latest memo. :angryfire
ASA is advancing all 1st class medicals 6 months for everyone under 40, at least according to his update.
I think at Mesaba it's a matter of the archaic computer systems need to be upgraded for the change, once that's done then they will follow the new rules but until then the computers will keep flagging people based on the old requirements. So perhaps about the time I turn 40 they will have everything sorted out.... (that's about 10 years if you are counting)
All companies should adhere to the FAR's on this or fork out for the exam. Before this passed, they couldn't get away with forcing 1st class medicals every 3 months or 2nd class every 6 months. Or how about forcing retirement at age 60 instead of 65?This is a prime example of why this whole thing is a joke. I have met people that could not walk 50 feet without gasping for air yet they could pass their exam by just going to the same person for 30 years. Most of the time the doc only sees you to have you cough and maybe listen to you breath. Why the hell does that cost $100.
I think it is a crock that all these companies are not accepting the change. Did they give you the "well you are professionals and because of this, we think you should go above and beyond to ensure the safety of our customers. And by the way we are cutting your pay!"