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Old 8th October 2005 | 05:08
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paco
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Duty times for engineers? Yes, but....

I think the whole duty hours thing should be looked at again - I see nothing wrong in having a relatively high flying rate during the day - after all, if you're on standby or away from home you may as well work, as you get more tired when you're sitting around.

What I would do is rigidly enforce days off. Half the benefit of a day off is knowing you're going to get one, and when they get screwed around, your mental concentration goes, and at that point you may as well go home anyway. A day not flying is not a day off!

Phil
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