Planning stage-Hours limits
Just a pub (Taverna) heated conversation settler please;
For UK, what is the planning limit, hours wise, for commercial flight. In my day, it used to be 12 hrs. That included one hour pre-flt planning and 30 minutes post flight activity. Captain had a three hour extention once on the road and use of each hour was progressively restricted.
Discussion arose when I chatted to a BA crew who nightstop in Larnaca and would never dream of even trying for a LHR-LCA-LHR turnround.
In my Company, one stuck to the rules and we didn't either. Another bent the rules and we did , er, bend and do the trurnround. My final glorious company stuck rigidly, ex Middle East & we wound up doing a fabbo LCA nigh-stop.
But, Pub (Taverna) Stirrer (!) claims his mate is a regular crew on Glsgow/Larnaca/Glasgow. I looked at the sked & it shows a 13hrs & 15 mins, PLANNED, duty day. Really? Is that allowed these days?
Quite a lot of drinks tanding on this one !
Last edited by Gordomac; 23rd April 2025 at 08:38.
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