submission - Independent Pilots Association

It seems lilce common sense. Fairly obz'ious. One other quick question.lt seems to be the
waV yott rL,ere going is that hozu much notice you're giaen is not as important as when
the notice falls. ln other words, uthen the opporttmity to rest based on this notice of
assignment, is that a fair assumption?
Well, the two aren't exactly the same. I don't mean to imply that when. ...I mean,
the longer you have, the better. I guess I don't understand your question.
Well, that's kind of what I'm getting at. I guess it is . . . .
I mean, generally you don't get the notice in the middle of the night, do you?
WeIl, it would kind of depend....u)e're denling with round-the-clock operations so we may
haae situations where an indiaidual's protected time period this time he's supposed to be
sleeping actually starts at 7:00 a.m. and goes to 3:00 in the afternoon. So he might get
notice in the middle of the night for an øssignment that comes subsequent to that later on.
So we're dealing with round-the-clock operations and no guarantees.....
I would think notice in the middle of the night is useless. First of all, you disturb
the sleep and secondly it doesn't really help you with the next day any more than
notice at 8:00.
Taking for a moment that you're not asleep, I menn that it's not your normal sleep time.
I guess what yo{re saying is that 74 hours notice or 72 u,ould be better tly4nJ0 most
Iikely . ...
Yeah. All other things being equal.
Did yott eaer.fly the midnight flights7
No, not anymore.
Especialh¡ after today, right?
Doctor, I'd like to think zre'd be nble tc¡ negotiate sometlúng like r¡ott said: n '1}-hour rest
period and a 74-hour maximum reserre aonilability period, but unfortunately, that's a
rcnt high erpectntiort. WImt we uill b¿.fncing is longer periods of reserue aoailability.
Bnsed on the fnct tlnt zue will be fncing potentially onerous, Iottg periods of tinte since
nzt,nke, Iong resert,e aoailability ¡seriod:. do yott think that being ffirded a grenter
antotmt of slee¡t opportunity tuill git,e :s ntore of a protectiott ngainst tlnt lotrger duty?
Is tlrcre n r¿Intionsli¡: as fnr as tlrc antlintt of restoratiae sleep as prrparntion .for longtr
¡serit'tt| of dutV?
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