Originally Posted by
SID PLATE
Obviously it is illigal to position in the morning for a long 4 sector day in the afternoon. Pilots risk their licence by doing so but I am surprised the company is not concerned by the fatigue factor, especially with so many young crews poling around.
Untrique .. It's no more illegal (and less tiring) than spending two hours in a car on the motorway before reporting. It all depends on how tired you are when you get there. It's not the distance involved, it's the time, and the amount of stress you endure whilst spending it.
Well it all depends. If you are
positioning at the behest of the company you are on duty, my company states a maximum of two and a half hours drive and it counts as a sector for the calculation of allowable FDP and that is to a base other than my own. So you can see that
positioning could take me over my allowable FDP thereby making my duty illegal. Ryanair get around that by making you position in your own time i.e. the day off before a duty.
If you are driving, or commuting, to your regular base then that doesn't count because you are not on duty until you report. So that is the time that your allowable FDP starts.