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Old 25th Sep 2015, 20:51
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QR adopted changes to its FTL's about ULR and SLR flights. The crews for half the year do these 15+ hour flights (which used to be ULR) with less than 24 hours rest in the hotel and back to their base. This is followed usually by a trip east bound after minimum rest. Multiple west-east-/east west trips, less than 24 hours rest because they changed "their" definition of ULR Flights, and "factored" hours resulting in the crews working actually over 100 hours a month. Could fatigue/accumulated fatigue be a factor in this incident/accident?
2000 LT dep MIA is 0300 Doha Time. Flight arrives at 1700 so midnight Doha time. By time crew go off duty and in Hotel say 0200LT = Yikes rather you than me.
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