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To: wbarmy

Aren’t there rules limiting consecutive hours on duty by pilots? How do they get around this for these long flights?


11 posted on 03/26/2018 8:30:02 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: neverevergiveup

Military flights and multiple pilots.


15 posted on 03/26/2018 8:32:10 AM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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To: neverevergiveup
Aren’t there rules limiting consecutive hours on duty by pilots? How do they get around this for these long flights?


38 posted on 03/26/2018 9:11:23 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: neverevergiveup

There are duty regs, for a two man cockpit they schedule 2 for up to 8 hours scheduled flight time, 3 for 8 to 12 hours scheduled flight time and 4 for over 12 hour scheduled.


68 posted on 03/26/2018 10:17:33 AM PDT by phormer phrog phlyer
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To: neverevergiveup

Multiple crews swap in-flight.


103 posted on 03/27/2018 3:17:56 AM PDT by Textide (Lord, grant that I may always be right, for thou knowest I am hard to turn. ~ Scotch-Irish prayer)
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