Then if that's true, how can EK send out an FCI stating it's the GCAA?
If these two Pilots had met with the GCAA and informed them as such, the Authority would immediately look into this Companies interpretation. Because they havn't, makes me believe that ultimately it is the regulator and not the Airline. If the GCAA choose to do nothing,which appears to be the case, then ultimately it has to be the GCAA who are fault. Who's pulling who's strings here?
I think you'd find that a phone call to our own regulatory affairs office over at the Ops centre will confirm that. Ultimately, i'm not making excuses for the Company. I've already stated that we could still employ a more restrictive scheme but we don't.