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Re: heading for the glen Sep 2001 08:56:07 -0400

To: gjbranch@mediaone.net (Geoff Branch)
Subject: Re: heading for the glen Sep 2001 08:56:07 -0400
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 09:45:41 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: cfchrist@earthlink.net (Charles F. Christ), spridgets@autox.team.net
Hi, Geoff-

6 to 8 legs a day is the norm for us robust
regional airline types, each about an hour
or so long (some longer, some shorter).

A 10- 12 hour duty day is the norm though up to 14 is not unusual. For
unforecasted weather/ATC delays we can go to a 16
hour duty day, but this is definitely a once
in a while event.  

They can only schedule 8 hours of actual
flying during any duty period but, here again, you can go over 8 for
unforseen
weather/ATC delays though rest and subsequent rest periods in between
duty
days must be adjusted accordingly if this
should occur. 

This is why early AM departures may have an airplane but no crew
available at normally scheduled departure
time; FAA madated minimum rest requirements. (The crew is not "late"
as erroneously reported by some ill-
trained passenger service agents!!)

By the way, the "minimum" FAA mandated
rest requirement between duty periods is
8 hours. However, this does not begin and end when you check in/out of
the hotel.

This begins and ends when you "block
in" and "block out" with the aircraft at the
gate! And travel time between aircraft and
hotel and vice/versa is INCLUDED in this
minimum 8 hour rest period, giving you a
max of 6 hours of sleep between aforementioned duty periods!

But, don't worry, the FAA has decided 6 hours of sleep between duty
periods is
absolutely consistent with safety in these
"deregulated" times and as you know, the
government would never mislead the
traveling public in this respect, or any other for that matter.  :)
(Yeah, right!)




Cap'n. Bob
    '61 :{)



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