07-25-2018, 08:45 PM
Rock a by Skull on the tree top, along comes the clock and it goes tick tick tock....
Well I’m not surprised that the Skull stalled the stick shaker over FRMS. In his Star Chamber world fatigue was a weakness and if you can’t handle it then piss off. Fewer hours flown meant less revenue for his beloved CX. And of course at CAsA, the sheer size of the perceived political fallout from introducing stricter fatigue rules for the poor, worn out and battered pilot fraternity wasn’t palatable to the bonus collectors at the likes of QF, VA and so on. The Screamer did not like the thought of wearing a giant airline CEO sized pineapple up his klacker.
Ironic isn’t it? The Civil Aviation SAFETY Authority, the Regulator who purportedly promulgates, enforces and fosters safety, won’t introduce proper fatigue management rules. These are the same fuckwits that will put you in jail for armour oiling your pilot seat, or patting the engine cowl of your plane as you walk past it, or failing to wear your epaulettes on your pilot shirt as you stroll through a hangar!!!
Unbelievable. And is there any wonder why the industry laughs at CAsA and the political tossers pulling their strings. You would think that the Colgan crash would be the ‘game changer’ in our industry. It was meant to be. After all, it is the accident that forced those other trough swillers at ICAO to start taking a serious look at pilot fatigue matters.
Tick tock ZZZzzzzzz
A younger Skull;
Well I’m not surprised that the Skull stalled the stick shaker over FRMS. In his Star Chamber world fatigue was a weakness and if you can’t handle it then piss off. Fewer hours flown meant less revenue for his beloved CX. And of course at CAsA, the sheer size of the perceived political fallout from introducing stricter fatigue rules for the poor, worn out and battered pilot fraternity wasn’t palatable to the bonus collectors at the likes of QF, VA and so on. The Screamer did not like the thought of wearing a giant airline CEO sized pineapple up his klacker.
Ironic isn’t it? The Civil Aviation SAFETY Authority, the Regulator who purportedly promulgates, enforces and fosters safety, won’t introduce proper fatigue management rules. These are the same fuckwits that will put you in jail for armour oiling your pilot seat, or patting the engine cowl of your plane as you walk past it, or failing to wear your epaulettes on your pilot shirt as you stroll through a hangar!!!
Unbelievable. And is there any wonder why the industry laughs at CAsA and the political tossers pulling their strings. You would think that the Colgan crash would be the ‘game changer’ in our industry. It was meant to be. After all, it is the accident that forced those other trough swillers at ICAO to start taking a serious look at pilot fatigue matters.
Tick tock ZZZzzzzzz
A younger Skull;