dear collegue MerlinXX,
I am not a sort of cowboy.......believe me ! I am just a pilot who understand what could happen in the community. I am asking opinion on pprune from expert collegues wordwide.
I use as a reference the studies of the NASA and the Flight Safety Foundations Fatigue Countermisures Task force for business aviation.
Subpart Q is made for Airlines. Application of part Q in Bizav operations will be a nightmare for all of us ! This involves some aspect of the employment situation in EU.
I fully agree on the above FSF studies for the "8 hours sleep" concept that means 10 hours minimum rest regardless it is on homebase or outside base.......there is no difference for human body, it is just required to clear how far the hotel or the home is from the airport.
We can all "offer our neks" and conform the rule as you suggested to me ! We'll have 2 hours more of rest.... but I can demonstrate to you a lot of DANGEROUS practices that will be adopted to "legally" comply this regulation.
You are the expert I was looking for .....please TRY to plan a monthly duty roster for 2 crews employed on a bizav airplane !
Thanks