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Old 29th Dec 2008, 22:19
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BelArgUSA
 
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It is about time the FAA came to finally limit the F/A flight/duty time limitations.
Such did not exist when I was flying in USA...
Back then, there were some supplemental carriers (mostly) who were flying well beyond pilot limits.
I recall that there were some operations not hesitating to schedule cabin staff for R/T US-Europe...
Was the case with F/As of small carriers without union contracts.
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I did a Hajj contract not too many years ago with an operator with AOC from Indonesia.
Their cabin staff were flying 2 (I say again TWO) R/T Jeddah-Jakarta without hotel rest.
The excuse was that they slept in the airplane cabin on the "empty legs"...
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Again, good show for the FAA.

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