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Flight and Duty Time Limitations
weirdguy99
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weirdguy99 created the topic: Flight and Duty Time Limitations
Hey guys,
Could someone please help explain CAO 48.1 para 1.12?
"A pilot shall not commence a flight and an operator shall not roster the pilot for a flight unless during the 7 days period terminating co-incident with the termination of the flight he or she has been relieved from all duty associated with his or her employment for at least 1 continuous period embracing the hours between 10 pm and 6 am on 2 consecutive nights."
I'll try to make sense of this: if you've worked from Monday to Friday, finishing on Friday at 10PM, then you need all of Saturday off, and up until 6AM Sunday morning. Is this the correct interpretation?
Another variation: if you've worked from Monday to Friday, finishing on Friday at 11PM, then you need all of Saturday off, all of Sunday off, and up until 6AM Monday morning the following week?
For this rule, does the week always begin on a Monday, or can it be defined?
bobtait replied the topic: Flight and Duty Time Limitations
That's a wonderful example of legal-ese isn't it? All it means is that you must have a day off each week. In any one seven day period, you must have a full night's sleep, followed by a full day off, followed by another full night's sleep before you can resume duty. Nobody says it has to commence on a Monday. Any seven day period must contain the day off described above.
