European carrier, we can fly up to 14 hours scheduled sectors with only 2 pilots by regulation, up to 18 hour sectors with three pilots if a crew bunk is installed and none of the pilots is longer than 12 hours at the controls.
We augment our crews based on a great circle distance, not based on time. Since we do not have crew bunks installed yet, the max flight duty time (including check in time) is 14 hours so far. Augmented crew is one captain, one cruise relief captain (just a normal captain who is not PIC for this flight) or a senior first officer who is licenced to replace the captain above FL200 and a normal first officer. If a second captain is planned as cruise commander his next longhauf trip has to be as PIC.
Last edited by Denti; 21st November 2011 at 02:42.