Crew rest delay
Jan 17, 2014 | 11:01 pm
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Crew rest delay
I've been waiting about two hours for a late United Express flight and now they've announced an additional delay because the crew requested "crew rest." I know there are rules on rest required, but I've never seen one requested by the crew. Perhaps the GA is wrong, but not experienced this one before.
Jan 17, 2014 | 11:10 pm
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It's possible that the crew had a tough flight and feels the need to rest even though they're within limits. I don't think I'm alone in always wanting a well-rested crew. The NTSB files are full of accidents where fatigue was at least a contributing factor.
Jan 17, 2014 | 11:12 pm
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I've been waiting about two hours for a late United Express flight and now they've announced an additional delay because the crew requested "crew rest." I know there are rules on rest required, but I've never seen one requested by the crew. Perhaps the GA is wrong, but not experienced this one before.
Somehow I get the feeling that the UAX announcement (announcer) read the code wrong - they probably saw something like "crew rest required" but read it as requested (RQD maybe?) or they simply don't know what they are reading ?
Odd.
Jan 17, 2014 | 11:16 pm
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Yes of course. Just an odd announcement. And since I've been here waiting figured I would have plenty of time to FT it...
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Jan 17, 2014 | 11:44 pm
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since we don't know a lot of the particulars of your flight im going to assume that its getting close to a full day for the crew of your flight to continue on...with out a crew break....I have been on a few flights in north America where the crew got off at ohare,atlanta and dallas and proceeded to take a crew break(meal) later in the day I can see this versus a full out crew rest which to me means a 8hr layover, I hope its a crew break for your sake.
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Hmmm...driver.."I'm too tired to drive this bus"
Me the PAX..."gulp". Take all the time you need....
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Jan 18, 2014 | 4:57 am
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I've been waiting about two hours for a late United Express flight and now they've announced an additional delay because the crew requested "crew rest." I know there are rules on rest required, but I've never seen one requested by the crew. Perhaps the GA is wrong, but not experienced this one before.
And a bus has one driver.