Anyone care to comment on duties rostered to Max FDP?
I was recently rostered to 13 hours 15 minutes on a 2 sector day reporting at 1155 local.
The Max FDP for the duty is 13 hours 15 minutes.
Needless to say the flight went into discretion; that was obvious from the start.
Now, my argument is that such a duty is really operated to a legal maximum of 15 hours 15 minutes. You are unlikely to refuse to operate this duty at the outset!
I queried the duty with the Fleet Manager and was told that the CAA approved duties rostered to Max FDP and that was the end of the matter.
Is this common practice these days?
These duties are, in my humble opinion, too long.