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Old 12th January 2007 | 04:41
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Commander's Discretion, and then some!

CX830 4th of this month diverted to Winnipeg. The flight continued to JFK 2:43 hours late.

Same crew, 2 sectors. Max allowable FDP is 17hrs 15mins (18hrs-45mins for the extra sector). Add 2hrs commander's discretion. All up that's 19hrs 15mis max FDP.

If the flight was 2:43 hours late, the max FDP of 19.15 hrs was flown well beyond! What will the CAD do about this? Is discretion being used a lot on the hkg-jfk-hkg route when hiccups occur?

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