And yet junior docters have just been limited to 48 hour weeks under EU rules. Hm. Seems we might too be far behind them; but then again perhaps not as the national unions do not seem to argue on behalf of those lower down the food chain that the flag carriers who already have local scheduleing agreements.
Regarding the 55 limit and 60 hour extension; that would surely only be possible (unforeseen delays) when starting tha last duty period. Surely you can't have a delay on day 2 and extend day 6 beyond 55hours. the delay is no longer unforeseen as it has already happended.
However, the CAA have (had?) wonderful flexible accounting methods. I always thought the 28 day limt was 100hrs. i.e. you had to land on day 28 at or below 100 hrs. Nice and simple. Oh No it's not! They said you can take off on day 28 if less than 100hrs and land on day 28 with more than 100hrs. Strange but true and I did it for 12 months. Bouncing along landing at 106hrs on day 28, days rest down route, thus reducing once again below 100hrs in 28 days e.g 96hrs rolling, and then landing once again on a new 28 rolling at 107hrs. I always thought CAP 371 was plain speak, but somewhere the bean counters must have got involved and twisted plain english.
Is this anomoly still the case?