If the CAA approved company SOP says takeoff must be in daylight (30 minutes before twilight), then simply put this is violation of the AOC.
Why is there a discussion on whether or not this is violation?
The only way you can string out this debate is to investigate whether this violation was necessary for purposes of maintaining "safe operations" or was it just to placate the latent commercial pressure we deal with everyday you step into the flight deck?
Last edited by DRPAM007; 16th Aug 2011 at 13:20.