Pilot Fatigue Rules

Airlines Object.

The carriers would rather negotiate this item, and the pilots would rather not. If the rest rules apply to all carriers, no single carrier is disadvantaged (cost wise) by building sequences that provide adequate rest, even in the face of operational irregularities, like a snow storm. The pilots just want the costs to be equally disadvantageous to every carrier and to not have to hammer this out over and over again at the bargaining table. And of course, the carrier wants something back, if they provide more time off the clock on a layover. No reason for you to get involved. Let them duke it out.