Originally Posted by
fs_freak
I'm somewhat confused by the relevance of the long flight flown by DLH before he got into that mess. Not really sure AVA9209 should have requested special treatment for Lufthansa because of that. There was no real language issue. Upon arrival at SKBO, DLH should have had the same reserve fuel as anyone else so that was not an issue either, not to mention that they surely had a backup crew.
Lufthansa does not have a backup crew, LH542, with a block time of 11:45 would be three man, CP, SFO and FO