Flight Time Limitations

Question 1

How many different types of discretion are there? What are they?

Answer 1

6
Extend FDP
Reduce FDP
Increase rest
Reduce rest
Extend cumulative duty limits
Extend FRMS best practice roster rules

Question 2

What is a split duty?

Answer 2

Where 2 or more sectors are separated by less than min rest.
Min 3hrs and max 10hrs break

Question 3

What are the cumulative FLIGHT TIME limitations over 28 days, a calendar year and 12 consecutive months?

Answer 3

28 days = 100hrs
Calendar year = 900hrs
12 months = 1000hrs

Question 4

When does positioning count as a sector?

Does it count as FDP and/or DUTY time?

Answer 4

Positioning after reporting but prior to operating shall be counted as FDP but shall not count as a sector.

All time spent on positioning shall count as duty period

Question 5

What’s the minimum rest period?

Answer 5

Minimum 12 at home or 10 away from base.

Question 6

What is Flight duty period (FDP) ?

Answer 6

‘FDP’ means a period that commences when a crew member is required to report for Duty, which includes a Sector or 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.

Question 7

What is the maximum extension with the Commander’s Discretion ?

Answer 7

2 hours

Question 8

When can captain discretion be used ?

Answer 8

Commander may modify the limits of flight duty, duty and rest periods in the case of unforeseen circumstances in flight operations, which start at or after the reporting time.

If on the final sector within an FDP the allowed increase is exceeded because of unforeseen circumstances after take-off, the flight may continue to the planned destination or alternate aerodrome

Question 9

Your report is being delayed, what are the applicable FDP, and when does it start ?

Answer 9

When the delay is less than 4 hours, the maximum FDP is calculated based on the original reporting time and the FDP starts counting at the delayed reporting time.

When the delay is 4 hours or more, the maximum FDP is calculated based on the more limiting of the original or the delayed reporting time and the FDP starts counting at the delayed reporting time.

Question 10

How long can the max FDP be increased in case of a split duty?

Answer 10

It can be increase by up to 50% of the break