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Old 11-11-2010 | 01:42 AM
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Originally Posted by PilotFrog
So I see we are going to start flying the 737 to Bogota from NYC. We currently have the 757 on it and if I am not mistaken we have 3 pilots on board for the saftey factor of the flight not because of rest requirements. So moving it to the 737 alleviates the saftey?
What does the "safety factor of the flight" mean?

I don't see a RP being necessary since the block time looks to be about 6-7 hours.

That's a haul to be crammed in that thing for so long. I remember doing a 7+ block on the -800 from BOS-LAX one time - not fun.