go! Airlines pilots are exhausted

go! Airlines inter island Hawaii iflygo.com part of Mesa Air Group is pushing their pilots. One Mesa pilot who was pushed too far blew the whistle on his reduced rest schedule and sent it to KGMB 9 Hawaii where they ran this story. for more information go to www.dontflygo.com

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[trw1200]

Aircraft Mechanics have no required rest hours what so ever. I worked for Mesa from May 2006 to May 2007. I once worked 32 hours straight at Dulles, (IAD), doing 5 fan blade changes because some how on 3 different aircraft the pilots decided to start the engines while they where iced over, FEB 2007. But of course aircraft mechanics don't mean crap. We are classified as unskilled labor by the ATA and Dept. of Labor. Oh well. Media will never give a dam about our hard ships.

[HawaiiArt]

sound is too soft.

[artistgmg]

@artistgmg ...the real problem is with these short hop carriers like Go! who are pushing their pilots because the cruise portion of their flights is very short.

[artistgmg]

I think the real reason the FAA isn't doing anything is because there are always two pilots. One can sleep while the other flies, even though its not legal. When they're in cruise, the plane is on autopilot, following a pre-programmed flightplan and the pilots are just monitoring things.

[MercedesKawasaki]

@madflyer1093 and that's in the US which is a country that still has some kinda law, now here in Brazil there's simply no law protecting truckers, they can be ordered to drive for like 72 hours straight ( believe me) taking all kinds of drugs to stay awake. Man...I have two uncles that are truck drivers and both of them almost got killed several times, you'd be amazed and at the same time horrified by the stories they tell me. Cheers my friend

[swisspilot2000]

FAA is a bunch of criminals and should be prosecutated, how many people will continue to die with their stupid rules.

[TheCriticalCanadian]

@fatbear711 At first, I thought this wasn't entirely true...then I read FAR Part 135.267 (I'm a Canadian-registered private pilot). 10 hours rest for unscheduled 135 on-demand crew after 8 flight hours, but goes up to 11 hours if the pilot exceeds his flight time by less than 30 minutes, 12 hours if he exceeds it by 30-60 minutes and...brace yourself...16 hours for 60+ minutes.

Yet Part 121 operators only get 8 hours rest and no extensions...WTF?

[quantomic1106]

@trw1200 I feel you man! It's the same in the military. I work on B-52H. One can crank up at least 70 man hours a week easy and only get paid with minuscule salary. Yeap! no overtime. As a military aircraft technician, you're just a number, not a human being. Just do what you're told. But if you think about it, there are soldiers getting shot at right now in the middle-east. Dogging bullets for long hours and get paid the same as I do. We actually don't have it that hard.

[fatbear711]

Ian Gregor is a lying piece of S**T! He knows this is not enough rest! Did you know corporate pilots get a minimum of 10 hours of rest? That's right boys and girls, the pilots who fly fat cat politicians get more rest than the pilots who fly you! Why? Because fat cat politicians want their pilots to be rested. Thayer don't give a flying F**K about your safety!

[madflyer1093]

everyones complaining that pilots arent getting enough rest, dont get me wrong i agree, but no one is giving a rats ass about the hours of service changes for truck drivers and companies that violate them, and many of of these fatigued truckers are hauling dangerous chemicles that could kill or injure the same or more ppl as what is on your typical airliner.

[rev4life03]

3:11. This is what gets me. The FAA spokesman says its up to the PILOTS and the Airlines to make sure we get enough rest. NEWSFLASH ASSHOLE, its not up to the pilots or else we wouldn't be complaining would we? The sad part here is that that assmuncher is making 3 times what a regional fatigued pilot is making but he gets to go home in his bed every night.