submission - Independent Pilots Association

It seems likc contnton sense. Fntrlv oht,ious. One other quick tyuestiott. /l s¿c'n¡s tct be the
îL1nV Vou zt'ere goirtg is that hoiu ntuch notice Vou're giten is not as importnnt as i¿,hen
tlrc notice.falls. In other uords, then the opportunity to rest based on this notice of
assignment, is that a fair assun+ttion?
Well, the h+'o aren't exactly the same. I don't mean to implv that r+'hen....I mean,
the longer vou have, the better. I guess I don't understand your question.
WelI, that's kind of itlat I'm gettirtg at. I guess it is....
I mean, generally you don't get the notice in the middle of the night, do you?
WeII, it would kind of depend....-,De're dealing with round-the-clock operations so ute may
laae situations where nn indiuidual's protected time period this time he's strpposed 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 o.f the night -for an assignmnt that comes xùsequent to thnt later on.
So we're dealing ztith round-tlrc-clock operations and no guarantees.....
I rvould think notice in the middle of the night is useless. First of all, you disturb
the sleep and secondly it doesn't reallv help r-ou with the next dav any more than
notice at 6:00.
'.i nlltlt¿nt tlnt ut¡u r'¡ r¡of t:le4t,l nt¿.¡,t thnt it's t1t'¡t ut''ur nonn,zl sleeTt fi¡yls.
:.ìj vr'l¿'rc'-i,?r/il7g i-ç f l:-ij lJ i:rrllrs l¡crl:.j tr 7) iL,ottld bt !',etter th,ln 70 itt'tst
Yeah. .{Ì1 other things being equal
Dd qou et'er _flr¡ tlrc núclniglrf .fl;ghts?
No, not anvmore.
Especiallv a.fter todntt, right?
Doctor,l,llike tt'¡ tlút:Jzt'e'db¿ .zble tc¡ negotintt:ontetlting |iltt vt',tt said: a 7}-hc'ur rest
¡teriod ani n T[-lrcur ntañntunÌ rescrL'c attnilabtl:lv period, hut un.fortttnntelv, thnt's n
,'ery high ¿rpectntion. Wnt r¿'¿ ¿'i// be facing ts itln1€r perit'tds ¡.f reserre n',nilahility.
Bnsed on tlrc
-fnct thnt ¡.t,e ztill h¿ _fncing potentinliu onerous, Iong ¡teriods o_f tinte since
ttiL'ak€,lt'tng r€s€fcte amilnbilitu periods, do yott tltink that being afforded n greater
nnrcunt o.f slee¡t opportunity zcill gioe us ntore o.f
't ¡trotection agninst that longer dutyT
Is tltere a relationship as far as the antouttt of restorntiae sleep ns preparation for longer
period of dutv?
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