...and your pay will be adjusted accordingly  

Actually, it would change very little.  182 X 12 = 2184 hours.  40 X 52 = 2080 hours.

What it would do though is, require an extra pilot over the course of a day, or two extra pilots per base across the system to train, provide benefits to,  buy flight suits for and etc.  You're not climbing the corporate ladder with that suggestion, junior manager.

What would be a better suggestion is to acknowledge the existence of chronic fatigue and its role in mishaps.  Focus on other positive solutions rather than, "The pilot is lazy if they refuse a late flight"

 Some alternatives include:

• Standing up a second base with a staggered change time, or staggering changeout times on already existing local bases.


• Study the local call patterns and adjust base start times accordingly


• Work with local requesters regarding the base's no-go dutytime hours or no-later-than times.  Most hospital transfer patients have been on site 8 hours or more already.

I could go on all day.