And a crew reporting at 0550LT on CAP371 3 sectors get a 09:30 allowable FDP whereas EASA 12.15 (which was similar to Sub Part Q which was in Europe for god knows how long so all Euro Airlines crews managed before)
Just a point of information.
As you move eastwards, local time becomes earlier on your body clock. That’s particularly significant for those states on the most western limits of EASA land. Here’s an example:
There is a BA flight leaving HEL at 0745LT every morning. It’s crew arrived in their hotel some time the night before.
Their duty period officially started one hour before departure, at 0645LT. However, they are picked up at 0620LT. In order to achieve that, they will wake at around 0550LT. (If they’ve been able to sleep?)
However, HEL is UK time + 2 hours. So 0550LT is actually 0350 on their body clock. If they ‘only’ fly 3 sectors, they can officially still be on duty 12:30 after their on duty time!
So they woke at 0350 on their body clock, at the worst possible time to be awake, and they can still be on duty at 1715 on their body clock. Having flown in to LHR, then who knows, maybe ATH and back. Even in the depths of winter!
That to me looks very stupid! CAP 371 looks far more sensible, when allowing for the difference between LT and body clock time!
HEL is not the only place this happens, and of course LT could actually be even further away from body clock time, and still not be considered!!
All perfectly legal under EASA.