Originally Posted by
VP-F__
Sorry, I should have mentioned that I fly helicopters and that as I understand it CAP 371 still applies to UK reg helicopters (not EASA ftl) along with some other exceptions.
My point is that if you are informed of being on 50% standby then you have 3 times your normal time before flight to report for duty, e.g. if you normally report 30 minutes before take off you are allowed 90 minutes to get to work. If 50% only applies retrospectively if none of the relevant qualifying criteria are broken then an operator could potentially have a crew covering 132 hours of standby (and only record 67 hours) in a two week period and yet be able to call a crew in at potentially just 30 minutes notice.
VP-F Having read CAP you have summed it up correctly. Under EASA the Fatigue Risk Management regs would catch this but surprisingly CAP doesn't. What sort of standby periods are you talking are they all the same / not at night etc