The devil is in the rules.
One must be acclimatised prior to operating a ULR flight.
Acclimatised = three local nights.
One remains acclimatised as long as you don't stray outside two hours difference of your current time zone.
Not so long ago l was acclimatised in the first week of the month.
I then operated two back-of-the-clock turns followed by one day off.
Then l was on ULR standby from midnight.
Then operated ULR (16:50) departing 2am.
Crewing agreed when l complained that this rostering is bullsh!t. "But it's legal Captain."
When l got back to DXB, l was stuffed.
Then had three weeks sick to get over it. Thats another story.
So they can roster this sh!t, but if you breach the acclimatised ruling following leave you get toasted (from what l hear)?
halas
Last edited by halas; 19th Apr 2016 at 09:37.