Old 04-07-2010 | 06:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Lighteningspeed
Kudos for Horizon pilots and FAs if that's what they really did. I agree with Max duty time of no more than 12 hours and minimum overnight rest period of at least 10 hours, preferably 11 hours of rest to account for waiting for passengers to deplane, which can be very long especially if there are many requiring WCs, waiting for the hotel van and van ride to the hotel.
That's easy to fix, don't leave it up to chance that you'll get stuck waiting on passengers. Make sure it is in your contract that rest is "time behind the door." Just call when you get to the hotel, problem solved.
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