Originally Posted by
magic rat
Two can play at this game, because if you read it, it says, the rule does not apply to crewmembers operating a jumoseat...so, I'll just get out of the front seat and sit in a jumpseat to make a call...BRILLIANT!!!
It actually says "occupying a flight deck jumpseat"...........sooo maybe the RFOs are good to go?
In reality, if your name's on the release as an operating crewmember, I doubt the location of your rear end is going to provide any relief from this.
It looks like this might be the source of these changes: NPRM out in early 2013 with final ruling this past Jan.
https://www.federalregister.gov/arti...he-flight-deck
However, it looks like the new FAR makes the prohibition specific to the times the crewmember is "at their duty station on the flight deck", not from arrival at the aircraft until leaving after arrival.
Funny
, how the company will go the extra mile and exceed the FARs on this. On the other hand, their master plan to have 767 pilots fly round dials and LDS aircraft along with variants of the 757 has to be squashed by the FAA rather than via application of common sense.