Originally Posted by
Son of a Beech
I was thinking more along the lines of being a paying pax on another airline on the way to a crew change on my bizjet half way across the world. If I don’t need a full 19 hours rest on the other side of the world the boss might actually send us in true flatbed business class across the globe instead of premium economy.
Are you saying you want to effectively reduce the positioning FDP by inflight rest, and therefore reduce rest on the ground before the second (operating) sector?
TBH I’m still not sure a flatbed helps...
Firstly as I see it EASA Allows in flight rest facilities simply to extend an allowable FDP, not reduce what you log...and secondly a passenger seat, even a flat bed one, even in First, actually in the passenger cabin, will almost certainly not fall into one of the recognised “facilities” categories that EASA defines when it comes to FDP factoring purposes.
That said that is just my quick take on it from a scheduled Ops, usually ULH POV so I could well have missed something.