Originally Posted by
Finalapproach9L
Respectfully, I submit the following:
I was wondering about specific change points , and inflight shift change. And if there was a crew change once it was at cruise? I recall awhile back mid 1990s, ARSR report referencing some LH transition issues.
How can there be any "issues" with crews taking breaks?
At my airline we have 3 pilots on flights over 9 hours. Typically on a 10 hour flight all 3 pilots are in the flight deck for 30 mins after T/O and 30 mins before landing.
The remaining 9 hours would be split into 3 hour breaks for each pilot. Junior guy usually takes the first break and the flying pilot takes his choice.
Longer flights would sometimes get a long and short break for each pilot.