Ftl Flashcards
Acclimatized
State in which a crew member’s circadian biological clock is synchronized to the time zone where the crew member is.
A crew member is considered acclimatized to a +/- 2 hours time zone surrounding the local time at the point of departure
Crew member remains acclimatized to the local time of their référence time during 47hr 59min after reporting regardless of how many time zones have been crossed
Reference time
Local time at the reporting point in a time zone of +/- 2 hours around the local time where a crew member is acclimatized
Night duty
Duty period encroaching any portion of the period between 02:00 and 04:59 in the time zone when the crew member is acclimatized
Duty period
Period which starts when a crew member is reporting for duty and ends when that persons is free of all duties including post flight duties
Flight duty period
Period that commences when a crew member reports for duty and finishes when the aircraft comes to a rest and the engines are shut down
Window of circadian low (WOCL)
Means the period between 02:00 and 05:59 in the time zone to which a crew member is acclimatized
Total duty time
60 hours duty time in any 7 consecutive days
110 hours duty time in any 14 consecutive days
190 hours duty time in any 28 consecutive days
Total flight time
100 hours flight time in any 28 consecutive days
900 hours flight time in any calendar year
1000 hours flight time in any 12 consecutive calendar month
Positioning
All time spend on positioning counts as duty period
Positioning after reporting but prior to operating count as FDP but not as a sector
Break
Period of time within the FDP shorter than a rest period counting as duty and during which a crew member is free of all tasks
Airport standby
Counts in full as duty period and crew member must be provided with accommodation
