I think that all this European legislation is getting out of hand.
Just say thank you to David Milliband, the grinning banana monkey, for signing up the UK to every bit of nebulous, irrelevant legislation that comes out of the fevered minds of the Brussels bureaucrats.
Sadly none of the crew I asked had any clue of either the proposal, the implementation or the effects of this ruling from EASA. None had any idea of what it was or whether BASSA was doing anything about it.
The 'safety net' that is the UK scheduling document which covers all flying crews including Cabin Crew will be torn up and thrown away. The CAP371 document is widely regarded around the world as the 'gold standard' with respect to the management and prevention of fatigue and is based upon several scientific studies into the effects of prolonged working in the aviation environment.
The EASA documents have no recourse to such studies and have been put together with the input from certain airlines management and HR departments. (
AFAIK BA have not had alot of input into the document, you can guess who the main driver has been).
This needs to be sorted out and modified soon and the BASSA members need to push their Union to get a grip on this now. Implementation of new 'legal' structures could happen soon after ratification. As long as your scheme is within those new EASA regulations there is nothing to stop the company from implementing them as the legal supporting documentation has changed.
Beware!