It has always been unwritten rule that we leave CBC 10-15 mins before our Duty clock starts ticking, now it's in writing
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I think it's time a small letter finds its way to the GCAA .
The 1 hour period before STD is time taken to complete necessary pre-flight formalities, eg check the weather, eye up the tottie , pre-flight the aircraft, board pax etc.
If, as seems now, 1 hour is deemed insufficient then it has to change...simple. (if only)
FTL's are set as limits on allowable lengths of duty, they are there as a safety net against unscrupulous companies who treat limits as if they were a piece of elastic.
The time has come to rise up against the oppressors, we will take no more, enough us enough, the worm is about to bite back except we wont, and nothing will change for the better, and soon we will be picked even earlier in mini-vans 6 at a time to save a Dirham or two....