the cabin crew would be running circa 4 1/2 hours into discretion.
-sorry, Paul - that does not make sense. Sorry, however, to hear of your predicament. If the company are going to screw you on a reference I would certainly throw '4 1/2 hrs discretion' at the CAA again and ask for an answer in writing. What exactly did BALPA say?
While we are here, does anyone know for certain if a line check Captain is required to be 'in hours' for the flight he is checking? In particular, a level 2 check flight but not Level 2 'rested'? I have been told not and I'm pretty sure that is not correct. Cannot find any clues in JAR/EU Ops.