British Airways has recently revised its staff travel policy.
Given the proximity to Continental Europe and (like Sydney) prohibitive housing prices, crew are commuting longer distances to operate from Heathrow.
Up until recently it was up to the individual, more recently that changed
- Now BA crew have to be at base for 12 hours.
- A bigger time change than two hours require that period include a local night
Whilst it appears that BA is acting in isolation one wonders whether UK CAA and even EASA will change the rules.
Given the ULR flying proudly trumpeted by Qantas can Flight Operations ignore Day of Operation commuting? British Airways are to conduct an audit of Staff Travel use.
As I have previously discussed, the onus may well be on the pilot but it is highly probable that British Airways is taking action aimed at ensuring it is seen to enforce rest periods in order to reduce or eliminate litigation were an accident to occur.