Why are FO hours halved in Australia?

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Originally Posted by AerocatS2A

That's right Claret, you must have a command endorsement to be able to log ICUS. Do the likes of QANTAS give their FOs a command endorsement? Maybe if they do the FO could log ICUS, but otherwise...

Yes QF do, and F/Os log ICUS when they are flying the sector and it has NOTHING to do with their command training. Many airlines in Europe do it the same.

Claret, with respect, I don't know where you've spent your 20 years, but the more sizeable Australian operators do it this way, and i'd suggest they probably haven't got it wrong.

[Visual Procedures]

QF FAM 4.13.1 states:

• First Officer line flying can be logged as ICUS when the First Officer has a Command Type Endorsement on the aircraft, and is also flying the sector.
• Dual flying can be logged when undergoing training by authorised training personnel.
• Co-Pilot flying is to be logged in all other cases.

So as a QF F/O on the B767 with a command endorsement, I log ICUS when I fly a sector.

[Master Red Cylinder]

you have answered my question...where I am flying the ICUS concept does not exist! Its always FO under a type endorsement, wether you are MP or PF.