Originally Posted by HercDriver130 (Post 554941)

I know its not part 91.... but when I flew Hercs our standard crew day was 16 hours. AC could request up to a 2 hour extension. Beyond that required a Numbered airforce senior duty controller to coordinate. Once on an exercise, in 1989 we had our crew day extended to 22 hours due to wx and a diplomatic snafu with a foreign govt. One other time while flying a NCA mission we were extended to 25 hours..note: that on these missions we had 1 extra FE, NAV, and pilot.

Straight 91..... none. Our company POLICY is to use 135 as a guide.

Originally Posted by III Corps (Post 554751)

Yes but remember someone has to insure the airplane and I doubt an underwriter is going to sell a policy that does not address long range flights for a company operating a Global Express in its flight ops manual. And the flight ops manual will have to then have some crew duty limits. Violating your FOM is a great way to invalidate your insurance.

So, yes, it can be done at least on paper. But won't there be a refueling stop somewhere? Can the GE do 18+ hours? If not, that means customs, refueling, etc.. and an 18hr flt turns into 20hr+ trip. Not smart.