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Old 30th Jan 2005, 19:43
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The EU directive is complicated but at the moment any pilot/crewman who works offshore has to claim 14hrs duty per day offshore. This is a CAA FTL mandatory requirement. You can do 9hrs flying duty within this 14hr period.

The EU also states that you have to have a minimum of 28 days leave a year. There are big discussions at the moment between offshore unions and the oil companies as to how leave is defined. The oil companies saying that the 13 days you have off between 15 day cycles can be "accountable leave". This is nonsense so a fight is developing.

If Bond are only offering 2 weeks leave you are being short changed. The industry standard is 42 days which includes public holidays and weekends within the period of leave taken.

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