885 LAX-HKG 3 man crew
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885 LAX-HKG 3 man crew
CX 885 LAX-HKG went out today November 10 with 3 cockpit crew members after the SO went unfit (working on his days off). Tech stop in RJAA to pick up a new crew.
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I love, in advance, how the next "management update" (or whatever it's called) will state how all these poor souls had to endure a delayed flight because of "crew sickness". It couldn't POSSIBLY be due to inadequate staffing and reserve coverage?????
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Saturday 8 November two of the HKG -JFK flights departed with 3 FO's, no SO's avail..... Had to dig into the limited res. FO's... and some overtime was collected by the FO's. Almost to easy.
It truly isn't rocket science. If you feel a bit squeamish just think on the fact that Cathay Pacific does CC all the time............
Just do your roster, don't answer your phone, stay below the radar and do what they pay you to do. Nothing more. What's wrong with that?
Just do your roster, don't answer your phone, stay below the radar and do what they pay you to do. Nothing more. What's wrong with that?
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Slight misunderstanding here ColonelAngus. I know the FLTs pretty damn well and totally agree with you.
Doesn't mean that some people haven't bent the definition before with some very shaky interpretations. Dare I say it, potentially indefensible interpretations if something were to go wrong.......
Doesn't mean that some people haven't bent the definition before with some very shaky interpretations. Dare I say it, potentially indefensible interpretations if something were to go wrong.......
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Colonel, once you have commenced your FDP (signed on), the company can request you to use Discretion (7.2.1.1). Happened regularly with rest on one of the LHR patterns, and was common departing North America on the Jumbo.
Now it's not supposed to be "regular practice" - the grey area.....
I'm not sure of the exact details of the LAX flight in question, but if they signed on, then found out they were one short.....
Now it's not supposed to be "regular practice" - the grey area.....
I'm not sure of the exact details of the LAX flight in question, but if they signed on, then found out they were one short.....
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All points well-taken. I would think that prior to sign-on, the mentioned captain would have known that one pilot would not be signing on and therefore would not have been able, legally and ethically, to agree to discretion after sign-on since the problem was known to have existed prior to sign on.