FAA Orders Regional Crackdown
06-10-2009, 06:24 AM
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You just scared me. I thought this just hapened as you did not attach a date. I thought the FAA was already making an example or sacrifice of a carrier for the public.
06-10-2009, 06:57 AM
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I've written many letters with only a few responses since the Colgan incident. I am now CALLING my senator's office. You are definitely correct in regards to the momentum, and we need more pilots to take action on this issue in order to push it forward.
In order to contact the offices of your representative, call the White House switchboard at 202-224-3121 and request that office. Once connected, request to speak to someone in regards to the hearings in congress today on regional airline safety, and that you are a pilot. Make it known, that change must occur.
Also, please pass that phone number on to other fellow crewmembers, either in the cockpit or in the crew room (excluding management). The more people we have in on this, the better this may turn out for us in the future.
06-10-2009, 07:06 AM
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I like this WSJ article.
That sounds like the best answer to me. Don't worry about revising duty/rest limitations, just start doing "fatigue tests"
The Regional Airline Association, which represents the bulk of the nation's commuter carriers, is expected to tell a House panel Thursday that it is ready to develop new ways to study and combat pilot fatigue, including possible random tests of cockpit crews.
06-10-2009, 07:32 AM
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I like this WSJ article.
That sounds like the best answer to me. Don't worry about revising duty/rest limitations, just start doing "fatigue tests"
That sounds like the best answer to me. Don't worry about revising duty/rest limitations, just start doing "fatigue tests"
06-10-2009, 12:07 PM
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A little bird told me that the FAA/Management are looking into the right to listen to the CVR and prosecute pilots for the 10,000' sterile cockpit rule.
That should stop airplanes from crashing. Cause accidents have nothing to do with poor schedules, short overnights, low pay and long work days.
That should stop airplanes from crashing. Cause accidents have nothing to do with poor schedules, short overnights, low pay and long work days.
06-10-2009, 01:04 PM
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