Heres an Extract from the GCAA Website
NPA 25-2014 CAR OPS1 - COMMERCIAL & PRIVATE AIR TRANSPORTATION (AEROPLANES)
https://www.gcaa.gov.ae/en/epublicat...s.aspx?dd=2759
The NPA closed 30th Nov 2014 with only two comments neither related to this huge policy change by the GCAA, which has been slipped through.
The two major UAE Carriers just got a massive New Years gift because in the coming months a return trip to New York will be LESS Hours than a London Heathrow.
In other words you can operate 4 USA ULR's, and still have time for 3 * Europe trips, Its quite staggering this has gone un noticed.
The Duty time limit means they can now roster you in effect as many working hours as an office worker with no regard whatsoever for time zone changes and the need to have any form of a life.
The interesting point is para in the NPA that says "Note: Unless otherwise specified, the UK Civil Aviation Authority document Civil Aviation Publication, CAP 371 and its applicable parts, with associated amending notices, shall be the basis of assessment of operator schemes"
How the below complies in any part with CAP 371 staggers the imagination.
The plot has truly been lost in the UAE ,
The NPA reads as follows :-
CAR-OPS 1.1125 Absolute Limits on Flying Hours
(a) No person shall act as an operating crew member of the flight crew of an aircraft if at the beginning of the flight the aggregate of all his previous flight times;
(1) during the period of 28 (twenty eight) consecutive days expiring at the end of the day on which the flight begins exceeds 100 (one hundred) block hours: or
(2) during the period of 12 (twelve months) expiring at the end of the previous month exceeds 900 (nine hundred) block hours:
(b) The maximum cumulative duty hours for Flight crew of an aeroplane shall not exceed;
(1) 55 hours in one week, but may be increased to 60 hours, when rostered duty covering a series of duty periods, once commenced, is subject to unforeseen delays.
(2) 95 hours in any 2 consecutive weeks, and;
(3) 190 hours in any 4 consecutive weeks.
(4) 2000 Hours in 12 consecutive months
Note 1: in relation with the 12 consecutive months cumulative limits, on the first day of January, April, August and November, a 25% of the GCAA accepted or approved mandatory regulatory footprint for On-line training or CBT courses, making 100% in total. Courses than can be conducted on remote and/or in flexibility schedule, are also included in this requirement.
Note 2: Post holders and managerial staff, as included in the OM A, that simultaneously maintain an operating flight crew member status, are limited on actual 12 consecutive months to 450 block hours , but their managerial activities are not considered administrative work “for duty” limits.
Note 3. A crew member is not considered Operating Crew Member, during the time spent at his/her rest period in an acceptable in-flight rest facility, or its equivalent under unforeseen circumstances, which will be reported to the GCAA. The duration of the flight rest time is not to be included in the flight time cumulative limits, but will be included in the Flight Duty Period Duty Time for cumulative limits consideration.
Issue: 04 Page 288 of 513 Issue Date: October 2014 Rev. 00 Revision Date: October 2014