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European flight time limitations: pilots cheer, airlines howl
By David Learmount
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There have been simultaneous expressions of jubilation from pilot associations and of horror from airline management on the publication of new recommendations to the European Aviation Safety Agency on modifying its existing flight time limitation (FTL) regulations.
The Association of European Airlines says that, if implemented fully, the recommended changes would require the airlines to employ 15-20% more pilots.
The AEA says the science behind the EASA-commissioned independent scientific study is "flawed" and is not supported by the delivery of "safe operation over many years and millions of flights". Carried out by Switzerland-based aviation consultancy Moebus according to a requirement that EASA should undertake a "scientific and medical" review of the existing FTLs, the report recommends considerable modification to the existing European Joint Aviation Requirements on FTL (JAR FTL).
The recommendations mostly affect the extremes of the rules: those affecting the longest duties - currently allowed to be up to 13-14h, the more arduous multi-sector duty periods, night flights or those that start or end at night, and those that cross multiple time zones. Under these circumstances, the recommendations would - if adopted - reduce duty hours and/or increase rest time.
On very long-haul flights, the requirement for an augmented crew would kick in at lower hours. Another factor is the recommendation to tighten the restrictions on maximum duty totals over consecutive weeks or months, preventing employers from exceeding a safe rate of working by using up a pilot's whole allowance for a month or a year in a far shorter period.
The International Federation of Airline Pilots' Associations praises the report as recognising that fatigue is dangerous. The next step is for the European Commission and EASA to frame the new FTLs for consultation.

 

So, what's the BIG Deal? We work under FAA rules not JAA. Our present rules let us go to 10 hours block time for non-stop transcontinental flights, if the aircraft is pressurized. They have duty/flight time for the DC6, DC7, and Connie covered. Do you really expect them to revise the rules to cover JETS?

 

I want the FAA to institute ICAO medicals.

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How many have you had? How many have you passed?

 

I would hope he has been getting one every 6/12 months depending on age and position held.

 

Hey, we had to change the retirement age because they were doing it. Guess we need stricter duty limits and 15-20% more pilots on the seniority list because the Europeans are doing it. It wouldn't be right to cherrypick would it it?

PIPE

 

Everything has to be in "alignment" for the New World Order!

 

Exactly what I was thinking.
If we have to change age 65 because the Europeans and ICAO did, I think we need to change our rest rules so that we're not "too" tired when we enter their airspace.

However, at the rate European lawyers move, I might retire before they implement them.

 

Excuse me, *** is up with your post? Just post the link.

 

Yup, just ignore that big book of ICAO exceptions in the LIDO kit. That's just there for ballast.