Flight and duty times CAO 48.1 APPENDIX 4

Question 1

What are the duty time you can do in 7 days & 14 days ? And what is the maximum flight time you can do in 28 days and 365 days?

Answer 1

Maximum duty time 
7 days = 60 hours
14 days = 100 hours 
Maximum flight time
28 days = 100 hours
365 days= 1000hours

Question 2

Sleep opportunity before a flight duty period

Answer 2

you must have at least 8 hours sleep opportunity when

• at home base within 12 hours of commencing a FDP
• away from home within 10 hours of FDP standby

Question 3

WOCL infringement and early start limits

0500-0659

Answer 3

You may be assigned up to 5 consecutive duty periods with early start provided

• FDP limit on the 4th day is reduced by 2 hours
• FDP limit on the 5th day. is. reduced by 4 hours

Question 4

WOCL (0200-0559)

Answer 4

3 consecutive WOCL infringements you must have an off duty period over a local night.
You can infringe the WOCL more than 3 times only in accordance with early start provisions

Question 5

FDP limits

Answer 5

0500-0559 (9 hours)
0600-0759 (10 hours)
0800- 1059 (11 hours
1100-2259 (10 hours) 
1400 -  2259 (9 hours)
2300 - 0459 (8 hours)

Question 6

When can flight training be conducted during the day

Answer 6

Only in the first 7 hours of a FDP

Question 7

Increase in FDP limits by split duty

Answer 7

Portion of a split FDP that follows a spilt duty rest period either in resting or sleeping accommodation must be no more than 5 hours

Question 8

Off duty period following a FDP

Answer 8

Where duty does not exceed 12 hours your following of duty must be
- away 10 hours
- home - 12 hours plus 3 hours if traveling west
2 hours if traveling east

Question 9

Reduction of off duty

Answer 9

If the FDP is less than 10 hours and you complete a flight duty. period away from home base you ODP may be reduced tp 9 hours over a local night

• ODP immediately before your FDP was at least 12 hours and included a local night
• Off duty period following your next FDP will be at least 12 hours including a local night

Question 10

Resting accommodation

Answer 10

FDP includes split FDP, FDP may be increased by no more than2 hours

Question 11

Sleeping accommodation

Answer 11

Where FDP contains split rest period of at least 4 hours
The FDP may be increased by 4 hours
First 4 hours of split may be reduced by 2 hours in determining subsequent off duty period

Question 12

Split 2300-0559

Answer 12

Split duty rest period must be at least 7 hours with sleeping accommodation max FDP must be 15 hours
no reduction in the subsequent off duty period and cumulative duty time provision permitted.

Question 13

Stand by

Answer 13

• Must not be on standby for longer than 14 hours
• Max FDP after a call out from standby must be decreased by the number of hours where the stand by was exceeded 4 hours
• Stand by that is completed without a call out must be followed by an off duty of 10. hours.