[justme]

I have no problem agreeing with everything you said. I think it is indeed dangerous for pilots to be fatigued when they are flying. However, I stand by my argument that simply paying them more won't change anything. I was unaware that Gulfstream was "selling" the FO seat for Delta and US Air. That definitely concerns me and I will be looking into it more. The operations that I was speaking of and have knowledge of are all cargo/mail operations. As far as pilots not being able to afford a crash pad, I'm not sure I buy it. Especially since one was able to afford a car to park in the parking lot. If you can't afford a place to stay because of personal mismanagement of your money, that's not my fault. It is definitely a cause for concern if it causes you to be ill-prepared for your flights, but none-the-less, not my business. And simply paying you more won't change that. Instead of paying for hotel rooms or crash pads, they'd simply go buy corvettes or motorcycles to impress the FAs. I think the bottom line is this: There need to be more stringent guidelines in place to ensure our flight crews are not being unsafe and flying passengers while asleep. I just don't think the answer is as simple as paying them more.