Re: Under which rules is Ryanair flying?
I have nearly been caught by this one a few times, so for clarity......
It is day 28 of my working cycle.
I report for work at 9 a.m.
At that point, including what I have done today ( nothing so far) I have accumulated 99 hours and 59 minutes flying hours.
Under this rule, not have exceeded 100 hours in 28 days ( including today), I can go flying.
I fly sector of 5 hours.
AT that point I have accumulated 104 hours and 59 minutes flying hours.
Under this rule, I have exceeded 100 hours in 28 days ( including today)and I cannot operate again today.
Rat 5, it says you cannot operate as a crewmember if you have exceeded 100 hours.
The same applies to the annual totals.
It is the 1st of February. In the previous 12 months ( ending at the end of January), I have accumulated 890 hours. Not having exceeded 900 hours in the previous 12 months ( ending at the end of January), I can go flying, and I can continue flying for the remainder of the month. At any point in that month, I am likely to have flown more than 900 hours in a year, depending on what flights are coming off my total from the previous February.
I remember when flying long haul, I regularly had a situation of heading off on a trip on the last day of the month with just enough hours to complete my planned sector, and being acutely aware that if I had to divert and operate a second sector, my accumulated 12 month totals ( at the end of that month) would have grounded me for the following month.
The wording is quite specific. it does NOT say that 100 hours in 28 days is an absolute limit, nor the 900 hours per annum. What it says is you can't go flying if you have EXCEEDED those totals, inferring that those totals are there to be exceeded.
jmc-man