I understand that, Joe. But obviously that is a commute that some people make. Would you argue that what Rebecca did was safe, even though it was legal? Legally, you can commute from OGG-EWR if you wanted to then hop on a plane and fly for 16 hours.
Sure, some guys like Train can get from home to their office in 1:20, does that mean everyone can? Should rules be based off the best case scenario in hopes that people don't push it?
You keep on saying legally, you'll have to refer me to a legal language for commuting. If you can give me an idea where I'm looking for it in the CFR's I can find it myself don't worry about a link.
The whole question is actually responsible pilot behavior, not commuting. Did Rebecca commute in a safe manner, did she act responsibility? Absolutely not, but I bet she's done it before and been alright, a lot of this probably has to do with her being sick as a dog. She was fatigued and thusly made bad decisions while fatigued. An event that will continue to happen and the new regs won't do anything about it. You comfortably duck all my questions. I guess in return I should duck all of yours?
Actually Train was not saying he could get from the home to the "office" in 1:20, he's talking about a leg time.
By rules, you mean laws, and each one (when created) is complex and should reflect that complexity. Furthermore, an intelligent person will look at your gripes and say "well obviously Matt feels people should simply be more responsible, and he's using the commuting as an example. Certainly Matt has woken up in the jumpseat of Fedex with both pilots napping, because they refused to adjust their sleep schedule while home. Could be to take care of the family dog who is sick (TLH crash) or to spend more time with the kids. Obviously 'coin' isn't a problem for those pilots, so we see the same event with wildly different pay scales. It makes a lot more sense to simply outlaw irresponsible pilot behavior. Of course I don't know how we'd have the FAA enforce it, but let's face it, the FAA doesn't enforce the laws they do have on the books until someone crashes so I think we should do this. Someone get a Mission Accomplished banner!"
You probably better get a handle on what you're trying to make illegal exactly. I don't see pilots putting up with moving bases every five-ten years when the airline changes it's mind about "the long partnership with this fine city", nor when it shuffles the equipment around from base to base every 5-10. I've talked to fed's in the jumpseat about this, as well as ALPA reps and it's always the same thing, the FAA knows they can't regulate pilot jumpseating to work any more than they can stop me from starting my drive into work at 2am to make my 6:15a showtime for the MEM-SLC leg followed by a 6 hour sit, then MEM-GEG.