Hi Slickie - I asked this question at the time a fair way back when 'Captain on the flight deck' was being discussed and I was quite specific/careful with the question to 2 (retired) long-haul Captains with reference to ITCZ crossing and AF447, and they confirmed they would not expect to alter the rostered breaks (emergency situations excluded, of course, which this particular ITCZ crossing should not have been). With no 'rostered break' experience I can only go on 'reliable' info. Maybe it has changed in the last few years - I guess they could have been described as 'old-school' guys
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I agree with your last para, naturally. It shouldn't really matter whether the Captain was 'resting' or not. My post was releated to PJ's post and I think both he and I would assess the 'abilities' before taking a rostered breal with a 'busy' ITCZ ahead.