Flight Duty Time

Question 1

FDT rules are located in

Answer 1

Subpart Q

Question 2

Block time

Answer 2

Time between the a/c first moving from its parking place for the purpose of t/o until it comes to rest in its designated parking space and all eng and props are off

Question 3

Duty

Answer 3

Any task that a crew member is req to carry out associated with the business of a AOC holder

Question 4

Duty period

Answer 4

A period which starts when a crew member is req by an operator to commence a duty and ends when a crew member is free from all duties

Question 5

Flight duty period

Answer 5

Any time during which a person operates in an a/c as a member of its crew

Starts when the crew member is req to report for a flight and ends at the end of the last flight

Question 6

Home base

Answer 6

Location nominated by the operator - place where the crew member normally starts and ends a duty period

Question 7

Local day

Answer 7

24 hour period commencing at 00 00 local time

Question 8

Local night

Answer 8

A period of 8 hours falling between 22 00 hours and 8 00 hours LT

Question 9

Single day free duty

Answer 9

Shall inc 2 local nights

Question 10

Traveling time

Answer 10

Time from home to a designated reporting place

Question 11

Window of circadian low

Answer 11

Period between 02 00 hours and 05 59hrs

Question 12

Night duty time

Answer 12

02 00 to 04 59

Question 13

Ops flight time ad rest limitations

Answer 13

190 duty days in any 28 consecutive days

110 duty days in any 14 consecutive days

60 duty hours in any 7 consecutive days

Question 14

Limit on total block times

Answer 14

1000 block hours in any 12 consecutive calendar months

900 block hours in any calendar year

100 block hours in any 28 consecutive days

Question 15

Max daily flight duty period

Answer 15

13 hours - reduced by 30 mins for each sector from the 3rd

Total reduction = 2 hours

Question 16

Flight time and rest limits when FDP starts and ends in WOCL

Answer 16

FDP starts in WOCL - max 13 hours will be reduced by 100% if its encroachment - max 2 hours

Ends in WOCL - reduced by 50% of its encroachment

E.g 2hrs into it - knock 2 hours off
Starts at 3 am - knock 1 hr off

Question 17

Extensions to the max FDP

Answer 17

Can be extended by up to 1 hour except for sectors or more - ext not allowed

Max 2 in any 7 consecutive days

Question 18

Min rest

Answer 18

At least as long as the preceding duty or 12 hours - whichever is the greater

Away from home base - as long as the preceding duty or 10 hours - whichever is the greater

Question 19

Operator shall ensure that crew members records inc

Answer 19

Block times

Start, duration and end of each duty or flight duty period

Rest periods and days free of all duties

Question 20

Flight duty records

Answer 20

Must be made available upon request

Crew member must provide his records on request to an operator who employs them