Flight Duty Time - Defintions Flashcards
Acclimatised
A state in which a crew member’s circadian biological clock is synchronised to the time zone where the crew member is. A crew member is considered to be acclimatised to a 2-hour wide time zone surrounding the local time at the point of departure.
Accommodation
For the purpose of standby or split duty, a quiet and comfortable place not open to the public with the ability to control light and temperature, equipped with adequate furniture that provides a crew member with the possibility to sleep, with enough capacity to accommodate all crew members present at the same time, and with access to food and drink.
Suitable Accommodation
For the purpose of standby, split duty and rest, a separate room for each crew member located in a quiet environment and equipped with a bed, which is sufficiently ventilated, has a device for regulating temperature and light intensity, and access to food and drink.
Augmented Flight Crew
A flight crew which comprises more than the minimum number required to operate the aircraft, allowing each flight crew member to leave the assigned post, for the purpose of in-flight rest, and to be replaced by another qualified flight crew member.
Break
A period of time within a flight duty period (FDP), shorter than a rest period, counting as duty and during which the crew member is free of all tasks
Delayed Reporting
The postponement of a scheduled FDP by the Operator before the crew member has left the place of rest.
Disruptive Schedule
A crew member’s roster which disrupts the opportunities to sleep during the normal sleep time window because of FDPs. A schedule may be disruptive due to early starts, late finishes or night duties. There are 2 sets of rules, and national Authorities choose which set applies to CAT in their jurisdiction. Some States have yet to opt for either (Bulgaria, Iceland, Portugal) so the default most limiting combination of the 2 applies, resulting in 3 sets of rules in use throughout EASA! They are known as ‘early type’, ‘late type’, and ‘most restrictive’.
Early Start. A duty period starting between 05:00 and 05:59 (early type) or 05:00 and 06:59 (late type) in the time zone to which a crew member is acclimatised.
Late Finish. A duty period finishing between 23:00 and 01:59 (early type) or 00:00 and 01:59 (late type) in the time zone to which the crew member is acclimatised.
Night Duty
A duty period encroaching on any portion of the period between 02:00 and 04:59 in the time zone to which the crew is acclimatised.
Duty
Any task that a crew member performs for the operator, including flight duty, administrative work, giving or receiving training and checking, positioning, and some elements of standby.
Duty Period
A period which starts when a crew member is required by the Operator to report for, or begin, a duty. It ends when the person is free of all duties, including post-flight duty.
Flight Duty Period
A period that begins when a crew member is required to report for duty, which includes a sector or a series of sectors, and finishes when the aircraft finally comes to rest and the engines are shut down, at the end of the last sector on which the crew member acts as an operating crew member
Flight Time
The time between an aeroplane first moving from its parking place for the purpose of taking off until it comes to rest at its parking position and all engines or propellers are shut down.
Home Base
The location assigned by the Operator to the crew member, from where the crew member normally starts and ends a duty period or a series of duty periods and where, under normal circumstances, the Operator is not responsible for the accommodation of the crew member concerned
Local Day
A 24 hour period commencing at 00:000 local time
Local Night
A period of 8 hours falling between 22:00 hours and 08:00 hours local time.
