You say it's silly, but it should stop. If I bust 14 its only by minutes, but I get extra rest on the other side. Freight companies take an unfair advantage of the WX, MX, PAX delay, or the 91 dead head loop holes and work pilots far beyond 14 hours. They do it with a smile because good ole boys like YIP smile and call it reality! Get wise Freight Dawgs, just shut it down at 14! Not 20.
Wow Hammer, that is an appropriate avatar for you...The Enzyte guy...because you need TO GROW A SET.
Going over 14 hours is just a way of life flying freight. I'm happy you get your cushy fractional job with your extended rest and all, but the boys out there working for a living need to work. Not everyone has what it takes to fly freight. A lot of people (you) can't handle it because guess what...it can be hard work...and you might get dirty. But just because you have a problem with it, don't try to dictate someone elses job. Flying freight has gotten a lot better over the past decade. I remember a time not that long ago when there was no hard duty time, just a gray interpretation. There are some carriers that go over board I know, been there. USA Jet is not one of them, I never was made to fly if I was truely fatigued. USA Jet did a great job of respecting the pilots rest, duty and flight times within the FAR's and the pilots personal limits. And it's not an every day thing either. There were a lot of days flying freight that I only put in a 13.5 hour duty day.
It would be great to go to the left seat of a 777 and make some great money and have a great schedule, but there is this little thing called paying your dues in aviation. Unfortunately you have to start somewhere and freight pays better than most low time jobs and you get jet time. The skills one learns along the way are invaluable. Just the other day I was flying with a former freight dog in the airbus and we were talking about our past. We had two two days back to back that were hard. (not freight dog hard, but harder than usual) We could smile knowing that watching the sun come up in the beginning of the day, is a lot better than watching it come up at the end of the day. Basically, what I'm saying is there probably won't be another job as challenging as what we did before. Makes everything else easier.
So Hammer, just becase you couldn't handle it, you might chip a nail or something if you had to work for a living....you don't have to tell freight dogs how to do their job. They don't show you how to load bags, tie the fat mans shoes or empty the sh**ter on your pretty new jet.
By the way, whoever said I stopped at 20?
GROW SET AND STRAP IT ON
