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Old 11th February 2009 | 08:33
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DGAC
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If you're based in UK on a UK AOC, then your FTL scheme should be based on CAP371, which defines acclimatised as :

'Acclimatised'
When a crew member has spent 3 consecutive local nights on the ground within a time zone which is 2 hours wide, and is able to take uninterrupted nights sleep. The crew member will remain acclimatised thereafter until a duty period finishes at a place where local time differs by more than 2 hours from that at the point of departure.

and a Local Night is defined as:

'Local Night'
A period of 8 hours falling between 2200 and 0800 hours local time.


So before looking further into the "legalities" of your question, did you have 3 local nights in the US and hence were you "acclimatised" or "non-acclimatised"?
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