Originally Posted by
BwatchGRUNT
SCRATCOH is not a legal regulation - this came as news to me recently.
Perhaps but it is mentioned in the CAP493: Section 8 chapter 1
Controllers, as well as unit managers, have a responsibility to ensure that they conform to the Scheme for the Regulation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Hours (SRATCOH) (CAP 670 Part D Section 2). It is particularly important that controllers who provide air traffic control services at more than one unit keep sufficient account of their periods of duty as only they will be in a position to establish that they have not breached SRATCOH.
But the ANO is not a legal document either. If you want the real law you have to view the statutory instruments as well.
But if SRATCOH is optional then what other parts of the CAP670 are? As well as internal company documents which do say that CAP670 is to be followed.