EK longest Duty time ever
EK did it again, EK406 left DXB the 28th for MEL, in MEL was fog so the crew diverted to canberra and then flew back to MEL.
The crew started their duty the 28th at 0510z and ended the 29th at 0107z, thats 19:57 hours of duty, 1:37 more than the FOM allows.
The FOM says
21.7.1
Commander’s discretion to extend a
flight duty period is not generally
applicable to this operation.
21.7.6
Regardless of this process, no flight
included in this operational plan may be
continued if, using the best available
predictions, the continuation of the flight
will increase the duty period by more
than 4 hours over that originally planned
and published (0510z-1930z).
well done boys, hand in your liecenses and enjoy the profitshare