CaptBud330
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- Aug 20, 2002
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Looks like ALL airlines will need to hire. I imagine managements will object to the new proposed rules.
The proposed rules, which are open for public comment for 60 days before taking effect, call for the most sweeping changes in pilot scheduling since the dawn of the jet age:
• Instead of simply giving pilots eight hours off between shifts, they would get nine hours of rest. The rest period would begin once they got to their hotel instead of when the left their aircraft.
• Pilots had been allowed to work for up to 16 hours in a day. That would be cut to a maximum of 13. Pilots who flew overnight or made numerous landings and takeoffs would be restricted to as little as nine hours on duty.
• The amount of time that pilots could be behind the controls of an aircraft increased slightly from the current eight hours per day to as much as 10 hours in some limited circumstances. Studies have shown that flying longer than eight hours does not necessarily cause excess fatigue, provided that the flights are not being flown in the middle of the night. 24 hours off in 7 days.
If passed, the rules would reduce a pilot's workday to a maximum of 13 hours from 16 hours, which could slide to nine hours if the pilot works at night. It increases the required rest time for a pilot before duty to nine hours from eight, and lifts the number of consecutive hours a pilot must be free of all duty each week to 30 from 24.
The proposed rules, which are open for public comment for 60 days before taking effect, call for the most sweeping changes in pilot scheduling since the dawn of the jet age:
• Instead of simply giving pilots eight hours off between shifts, they would get nine hours of rest. The rest period would begin once they got to their hotel instead of when the left their aircraft.
• Pilots had been allowed to work for up to 16 hours in a day. That would be cut to a maximum of 13. Pilots who flew overnight or made numerous landings and takeoffs would be restricted to as little as nine hours on duty.
• The amount of time that pilots could be behind the controls of an aircraft increased slightly from the current eight hours per day to as much as 10 hours in some limited circumstances. Studies have shown that flying longer than eight hours does not necessarily cause excess fatigue, provided that the flights are not being flown in the middle of the night. 24 hours off in 7 days.
If passed, the rules would reduce a pilot's workday to a maximum of 13 hours from 16 hours, which could slide to nine hours if the pilot works at night. It increases the required rest time for a pilot before duty to nine hours from eight, and lifts the number of consecutive hours a pilot must be free of all duty each week to 30 from 24.
