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Old 11th Aug 2023, 05:20
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Originally Posted by Bluebaron
I regularly operate LON to Mexico, Costa Rica etc with just two pilots. Flight time is often 10-12 hours. Add report time and you can see it’s a long day out. These trips are 24 hours.
we do however get 3 local nights off after them.
regularly fall asleep on the fight home. File a report every time and nothing changes been doing it since EASA regs came in 10 (?) years ago.
Just for some fairness airlines operated to Mexico etc with 24hr rest under CAP371 also so its NNUTS Nothing New Under The Sun
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