Originally Posted by
Wheels up
8 hours has been the traditional MAXIMUM flying time per day. It should stay the MAX, and then only during the 0700-1259 LBT start block.
Yep, you're right.... so why don't we just forget about the times they are reducing it to 7 hour maximum then and just keep those at 8 too....
How can it not make sense to you that shifts starting very early, or very late get the least flight time, and that shifts starting at normal working hours gets the longest? They basically have broken the day down in to five start windows... two start windows have no change at all to maximum flight time, two start windows have reductions of maximum flight time, and one start window has an increase of one hour of maximum flight time.
In ALL cases they have limited the max guty day down from 16 to 13 hours... and they have increased minimum rest to 10 hours, reducable to 9...
You are definately a glass is half empty person.....