Originally Posted by
MerchantVenturer
Last week the BRS-FLR sector was cancelled because, it was presumed, crewing hours were an issue after the FLR-BRS sector landed at the latter nearly three and a half hours late. Today the FLR-BRS sector landed at BRS either 76 minutes late or 78 minutes late, depending on whether FR24 or the BRS website is the more accurate.
As has been said, the BRS-FLR sector was then cancelled. Do airlines now operate to such tight crewing schedules that a delay of just over an hour will put crews 'out of hours'?
Yes they do. They then assume the already knackered crew will just carry on deep into discretion to bail out their flawed planning.