Standby time
Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 48
Likes: 1
From: Netherlands
I thought it was only a German thing (2014)..shocked really to find out it is still happening at a big outfit in Malta...the 24/7 standby. 36 hours rest in retrospective...
Imagine how many people in management and operation departments around Europe are just falsifying paperwork...
But thank god we have ramp checks...where a screw is missing or a dent is not yet in the buckle-and-dent list. That crews are flying totally knackered doesn’t matter...as long as all screws are in place when you have an accident after more then 24 hours awake!
Imagine how many people in management and operation departments around Europe are just falsifying paperwork...
But thank god we have ramp checks...where a screw is missing or a dent is not yet in the buckle-and-dent list. That crews are flying totally knackered doesn’t matter...as long as all screws are in place when you have an accident after more then 24 hours awake!
Joined: Feb 2005
Aviation Qualifications: ATPL
Posts: 371
Likes: 17
From: UK
I flew for them! The very first word was 'flexible', and it was repeated regularly. Definitely one-way street. And then there were all the little tricks to make the FTLs fit the facts. You always tried to go the extra mile to show willing, but only once you get your life back do you realise just what blatant abuse went on.
If so, you have a brother in arms.
