by classing some of 12 hr shift as standby time where only half is counted towards total duty time ie 10 hrs duty 2 hrs stby(counted as 1 hour) = 1925....bargain!
Angelonawire,
Not quite as cut and dried as that I'm afraid. I believe that the definition of 'Duty Time' has still not been clearly defined and is being discussed/argued about by the legal boys at this moment.
As I understand it the argument is very basically as follows;
By being on standby at the request of the employer the employee is deemed to be working for the employer, which, for the purposes of the Working Time Directive requires the duty time to be counted in full.
I don't know if any ruling has been declared yet, but, as the Danish have just adopted the Working Time Directive perhaps one of our colleagues in Denmark could comment?
Personally, I hope that the argument goes in our favour, i.e. standby duty hours to count in full. My reasons? Simple, the requirement for more pilots and engineers will result in more of them being employed.
Chopperman