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Old 16th May 2024, 13:57
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Originally Posted by Twiglet1
Would be difficult to prosecute an airline over fatigue abuse as long as any AOC complies with the FTL. FDP abuse I once joined a very big airline and almost immediately was down at the CAA with the Directors and told sort it within 6 months or lose your AOC. The CAA have also gone after Crew for having two flying jobs.
Over my career I've seen the number of UK AOC dwindle to all but a few from 'the good old days' when crews flew harder and there was no such thing as fatigue.
And if the CAA are provided proof of falsification of times to produce an FDP?
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