Originally Posted by
my salami
Yes, many of the US Carriers are operating with 3 man crew....
MS
This is incorrect. Most US carriers go to a 4 man crew if flights are blocked 12 hours or more. As a example Delta uses a 4 man crew on JFK to TLV blocked at a few minutes over 12 on the return. FAR 117 limits actual block to about 13 hours with a 3 man crew. Over that and you need 4.
Q05) What are the flight time limitations for a flight crewmember assigned to a FDP as a member of a 3-pilot flightcrew?
A05) 13 hours as stipulated in 117.11(a)(2). Flight time will include any flight deck time as well as in-flight rest periods.