Hi,
An airline is responsible to manage FTLs and fatigue, under their SMS and FRM/FRMS. This is clearly defined in EASA Cat ops regulations.
An individual licence holder is responsible to report fit to fly.
Home base definition is being amended from Feb 2016 ftl introduction.
The emphasis on a high degree of permanence is explicit in the legislation.
Might be worthwhile to read the relevant info, and prevent a potential licensing issue.
“duty” means any task that a crew member performs for the operator, including flight duty, administrative work, giving or receiving training and checking, POSITIONING, and some elements of standby;
“home base” means the location, assigned by the operator to the crew member, from where the crew member normally starts and ends a duty period or a series of duty periods and where, under normal circumstances, the operator is not responsible for the accommodation of the crew member concerned;"
"positioning means the transferring of a non-operating crew member from one place to another, at the behest of the operator, excluding:
- the time of travel from a private place of rest to the designated reporting place at home base and vice versa, and
- the time for local transfer from a place of rest to the commencement of duty and vice versa;"
ORO.FTL.200 Home Base
An operator shall assign a home base to each crew member.
CS FTL.1.200 Home Base
(a) The home base is a single airport location assigned with a high degree of permanence.
(b) In the case of a change of home base, the first recurrent extended recovery rest period prior to starting duty at the new home base is increased to 72 hours, including 3 local nights. Travelling time between the former home base and the new home base is positioning.
