Going to Oz is much trickier on FTLs than the states. If you go into CAR-OPs 1, the following limits apply:
900 block hours in a year (there is no definition of stick time)
100 in 28
Non-acclimatised longest possible duty without relief 13 hours on return
Extension possible 1/2 rest so 14hr flight, 3 crew best you’ll do is 2.15
So max duty 15.15
Max flight time 14.15
Block today 14.00 hours
So we exceed annual limit and monthly limit and push daily limits used by other operators who have sufficient crew.
But SAFE, a program that assumes robotic sleep and rest patterns, designed by an OA firm says it is fine.
Still our new SVP who has flown 2 hour sectors for the last few years says it is safe....so it must be😱
You couldn’t make it up😳