Originally Posted by
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I would be interested if there are still airlines flying sectors up to 13 hours length with only two pilots.
Ahhh, three crew actually, two pilots, one professional (only) flight engineer.
Works like a charm, in full compliance with the regulatory authority.
Max duty period, with this augmented crew....twenty two hours.
Followed by, a minimum of twenty four hours rest, in HOTAC.
No exceptions.
How do I know?
I'm the DFO, and this rest requirement is enforced, make absolutely no mistake.
I will not have unsuitably rested crew flying our airplanes.
And, the company management backs me up one hundred percent.
Also, no exceptions.
None.
None, repeat none of our crew will be allowed to fly without proper rest, due to excessive duty time.
We are an ad-hoc charter carrier, and crew rest is important!
Since the crew will have been awake for at least an hour before the start of the duty day, I sure would not want to be in an aircraft which is rolling in to a 200 and 1/2 ILS to a contaminated runway at max crosswind, knowing the crew has been awake over 22 hrs
I guess the ad-hoc charter operators chose to learn nothing from the Halifax MK 747 accident
