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Question About Extra Flight Crew On Long Flights

determinist From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2010, 21 posts, RR: 0
Posted (2 years 1 month 3 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 3413 times:

Please redirect me or delete if this has been discussed to death before.

I am just curious to know how long a flight has to be before it requires an extra pilot on the flight deck to cover rest periods.

Thanks in advance for any replies

Mike

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HAL From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 2466 posts, RR: 53
Reply 1, posted (2 years 1 month 3 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 3351 times:

In the USA, any flight scheduled to be over 8 hours requires one extra pilot, and more than 12 hours requires a fourth pilot. Of course all this may change depending on how the new flight time/duty time rules play out this summer.

HAL

One smooth landing is skill. Two in a row is luck. Three in a row and someone is lying.

B727LVR From United States of America, joined Jul 2008, 628 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (2 years 1 month 3 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 3257 times:

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HAL,

Do you have a link or any info on the new proposed limitations?

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phunc From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2011, 63 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (2 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 16 hours ago) and read 2666 times:

Also depends on time zone changes and what time you report for duty etc...As above, FAA requires three crew for flights +8 hours but our crew have done 11 hour flights with just the two of them.

Have a look at the CAA CAP371 document. Bit of bed time / toilet reading for you:

http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAP371.PDF

GRZ-AIR From Austria, joined Apr 2001, 573 posts, RR: 4
Reply 4, posted (2 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 2558 times:

Europe (EASA/EU OPS) has a max duty time of 13 hours (extendable in case of WX/Mechanical delays for another hour at Captains discretion). In case of 3 pilots (augmented flight crew) the max duty time increases to 18 hours, whereby 12 hours stick time may not be exceeded.

brgds GA

When I joined A.net it was still free, haha ;).

determinist From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2010, 21 posts, RR: 0
Reply 5, posted (2 years 1 month 1 week 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 2537 times:

Thanks for the replies. I'll get on with the toilet reading...

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