Rest period for Pilots/Lexington Crash

[redytrk]

Here is a statement regarding how rested the Pilots Were,

<The regional jet had a ``clean maintenance record,'' Bornhorst said. It had flown 14,500 hours, typical of an aircraft of that age, he said.

The flight was the first of the day for the crew, which had spent the night in Lexington, Comair said. The crew's rest period before the flight was ``well beyond what is required by the FAA and what is standard for our own airline,'' Bornhorst said.
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CNN is now reporting this rest period was 5 hours from the time they landed,traveled to the hotel and back.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

 

[mcbride]

>CNN is now reporting this rest period was 5 hours from the time >they landed,traveled to the hotel and back.

>WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE?

Makes you wonder doesn't it?

The problem is with regard to the agencies establishing their regulations don't have these so-called watch groups protesting and writing their legislative representatives, demanding the same unrealistic regulations on pilots as they do on truck drivers.

I have never seen or heard of an organized group of people against air flight/pilots as there are toward truck transport/drivers. LOL

-mcbride-
--What goes around comes around--

 

[panther_art]

THATS IT BEFORE WE KNOW THE FACTS LETS BLAME IT ON THE PILOT

PANTHER ART

 

[mcbride]

I am not blaming the pilot.

-mcbride-
--What goes around comes around--

 

[MSinger]

I agree. Paramedics routinely work 24 hour shifts and doctors do not have any time on-duty guidelines. Hmmmm???

 

[JimmyB]

I was a Medic for 8 years in Detroit and we never had any 24 hour shifts for Medics... we did alot of 12 hour shifts though. Now the firefighters did have 24 hour shifts, but their call volume was nothing compaired to ours. At times we were allowed to work 16 hours but nothing more then that cause workmans comp ends after 16 hours of work duty.

Could be different in other states though.... just a bit of information I thought I would inject.....

 

[MSinger]

Yeah it must be a "state thing" because I am currently a medic in Indiana and we work 24 hours on 48 hours off. All the surrounding departments do the same thing. The only exception I can think of is the Wishard Memorial Hosp medics that cover the inner city of Indianapolis. They work 12 hour shifts.

 

[RichM]

Go to www.slate.com Click on news and politcs,then click on Explain.There is a story and a history of Airline Pilots HOS. Cnn may have this one correct.

 

[whitechocolet]

I've ask myself since getting into this business, "What if Drs. had to 'log' their HOS like Professional Drivers do" or better yet "are Drs. subjected to random drug testing"? Wouldn't it be nice to see your Dr.'s and nurse's 'log' or last random drug test before you went to surgery or saw them for a life threatening condition? I'm not sure about pilots, but I would be curious to know how many other professions have to account for every minute of their day while in service. Let's take the President of the good ol' US of A. Don't ya think he should be well rested before making decisions that could affect our life? Just a thought for pondering.