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I was not implying any direct company input into the decision: I was observing that the article in the Scotsman might be interpreted in that way. I have absolute confidence that no crew would knowlingly bust the rules. The consequences are just too dire, not to mention the total break down in the professionalism of 2 pilots.
Camelhair:
We have heard on this forum many times about the lack of back up staff and printer breakdown etc in STN crewroom. In discussion with friends about this, and the 5 earlies roster of RYR, it would seem the 45 mins report time is due to most departures being around 0630. The max consecutive earlies before 0545 under IAA rules is 2, hence the 45 mins rule. Noww they can do 5 consecutive earlies, but with -1.00 they could not. He also said that crewing, when calling you out or giving changes, always give a report time of -1.00 because they know that if you come at -45 you will go late. HM!