er, where did FTL come from?
Anyone know who/when invented the FTL numbers in the first place? Where is the research that says that any one number - 900, is better/worse than another - especially with current fatigue-inducing rosters??
The military in the UK used to research this sort of stuff, but I have no idea whether or not they still do.
I'm not after the law, more the bright spark/team/cttee who invented 900 and the research behind it.
(UK law below)
The reference for UK law is the Air Navigation Order, Section 1 Part VI, Paragraph 74 1 (b)
(1) Subject to paragraph 2, a person shall not act as a member of the flight crew of an aircraft registered in the UK if at the beginining of the flight the aggregate of all his previous flight times:
(b) during the period of twelve months expiring at the end of the previous month exceeds 900 hours.
It then goes on to talk about exceptions in paragraph 2.
Last edited by Ancient Observer; 15th May 2007 at 14:04.