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Old 19th Jul 2019, 04:14
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I don’t understand. The report states that the crew did not have sufficient duty-free time. Off duty at 11pm, on duty at 750 am. So only 8:50 “off duty”, when they should have had 10:00. 1:10 short.

Yet under the human factors section, the “expert” states that fatigue was not a factor. Surely if you don’t achieve the required rest time under the regulations, fatigue is most certainly at least a factor? Otherwise, why bother having flight time limitations?

The report even outlines some symptoms of being distracted, which fit this crew’s actions pretty well, like task fixation and ignoring repeated GPWS alerts.
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