hi there
I don't think fatigue and maximum hours apply only to lo-cost
airlines and their pilots.
i work for a regional airline in uk.
it is a very regular occurence that we do 6 days on,finishing
late ,2 off,starting on an early.
the other favourite is six earlies, i,m sorry that's not allowed,
yes it is,because on night stops,earlies start 06:00 local
so if you get to your hotel 16:00z and then have to report 04:00z
which say in germany,is 06:00 local.
this is legally not an early even tough you have to be
at reception at 03:30z because the hotel is miles from the airport . on top of all that,in a hotel you can reduce rest from min of 12:00 hours to 11:00 hours,my question is why???????
yes we have balpa ,but that makes no difference at all.
i personally think all those FTL's are a load of ********.surly they must have been written by some accountant many moons ago.
it's about time they are brought up to date into 21st century.
That mp who wants us to do more hours
can go and**** right off
only my opinion.
happy flying
Last edited by Jetdriver; 13th Jul 2004 at 12:42.