In the new flight and duty regulations, the pilots are now supposed to obtain a rigorous training of 1500 hours up from the original 250 hours initially required to obtain an ATP in the new regulations. Importantly, the specifications of new regulations are that the airlines departments are supposed to monitor the training operations and ensure that the new pilot monitoring is done with an in-depth assessment (Neis & Klaus, 2014). In fact, pilots are engaged with at least 10 full hours of flight from the next flights. Different from the old regulations, there is an additional 2 hours sleep time and an end-to-end shift arrangement.
The current flight and duty limitation for cargo carriers include the 8 hours off time between shifts and not as it was set in the beginning of sleep time. The new rules have the main focus of ensuring that the regulations support safe air travel as well as the efficiency of pilots. The increased structure of the sleep time was changed with allegations that the low period in it for pilots had reduced their ability to make a decision while at work (Rudari, Johnson, Geske, & Sperlak, 2016). Ideally, a similar situation could have been attributed to the many accidents that happened. Importantly, the flight and duty limitations for the cargo carriers are all inbuilt with the objective of improving the welfare of the pilot.
All the mentioned reasons are attributed to the exception of the cargo carriers from the new regulations. The value of life aspect was motivated by the fact that the cargo carriers do not involve as high risk as in the other categories. Additionally, the public perception that the cargo carriers do not operate frequently lead to the assumption that the pilots for the carriers have enough time for rest (Stengel, 2015). The economic implications are also a result of the exemption. The cargo carriers were considered to be quite expensive, as the implementation of the regulations would mean the inclusion of more pilots in the air travel. Clearly, a combination of the aspects triggered the noticeable exemption.
The cargo carriers should be included in the new rules. The justification for the inclusion is due to the improvements in the business process of outsourcing and additional cargo planes operating at any given time, an arrangement that leaves little time for the pilots to rest. The new regulations would ensure that the cargo flight pilots also have enough sleep. The dangers of a tired commercial plane pilot are the same with those of a tired cargo plane pilot; in this justification, the cargo planes should also be included in the rules (Stengel, 2015). All in all, the costs benefit analysis is needed to help show that it is quite risky and costly not involving the cargo flights in the new regulations due to the dangers posed by this approach.
As a flight manager, the inclusion of the regulation of cargo carriers to the plan could involve some management rescheduling. It is notable that the rescheduling aspects comprises of hiring more pilots who would take shifts with the existing ones (Winter, Rice, Rosser, Mehta & Rice, 2014). Some arrangements would work better for pilots. In fact, this arrangement could be a complement of managerial operations. In this perspective, the managerial committee and timelines support could have to increase the efficiency in the operations to the timetables I allocate. By doing so, my career as management personnel would involve an increased level of activities.
References
Neis, S. M., & Klaus, D. M. (2014). Considerations toward defining medical “levels of care” for commercial spaceflight. New Space, 2(4), 165-177. Retrieved from http://commercialspace.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/91695798/Neis,%20Klaus%202014.pdf
Rudari, L., Johnson, M. E., Geske, R. C., & Sperlak, L. A. (2016). Pilot perceptions on the impact of crew rest regulations on safety and fatigue. International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace, 3(1), 4. Retrieved from http://commons.erau.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1096&context=ijaaa
Stengel, R. F. (2015). Flight dynamics. Princeton University Press. Retrieved from https://books.google.co.ke/books?hl=en&lr=&id=-OjZBQAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=impacts+of+flight+regulations&ots=IqHeN-zTCm&sig=3vyJrjSesAQJw0mzJE3lxYa7E6g&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
Winter, S. R., Rice, S., Rosser, T. G., Mehta, R., & Rice, A. (2014). Consumer perceptions of starting regional pilot pay given additional qualifications. International Journal of Aviation, Aeronautics, and Aerospace, 1(2), 1. Retrieved from http://commons.erau.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=ijaaa
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