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This is from an email to the employees on 21 Feb from VP Corp Communications:
Fact: Three days prior to February 13 over-flight incident, the captain had a rest period of 14 hours and 55 minutes prior to commencement of his flight duty, two days prior he had a rest period of 14 hours 55 minutes and the night prior to the incident, his rest period was 14 hours and 53 minutes.
In the case of the first officer the rest periods on those same three days prior to the February 13 incident were 38 hours 52 minutes, 14 hours and 55 minutes and 14 hours 53 minutes respectively.
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Fact: Federal Aviation Regulations allow for a maximum duty day of 16 hours.
The average length of duty for the captain during the three days prior to February 13 was 8 hours 39 minutes.
The average length of duty for the first officer on the two days worked prior to February 13 was 9 hours and 6 minutes. Three days prior the first officer had a day off.
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I believe it was about 10am. How long could it have been since they started the duty day?Funny how they don't mention how long they had been on duty when the incident occurred.
For something like this it does.
They won't be working in the passenger airline industry anymore.
I just find that very difficult to believe.
Agreed.
Soon we will have cameras so the FAA can determine our eye lid position. Violations will be mailed directly to your home. Snore detectors will be powered by the battery BUS.
Actually, the 787 has a very simple technical solution to keep pilots out of this flavor of hot water. Hopefully it will find it's way into all cockpits.
Some kind of busy work alarm? Move a dial every "x" minutes or the plane gently tells you in dulcet tones to:
"WAKE UP!"
I think it's a pretty good idea as well. Especially for the long haul stuff (aka 787). As long as it's not logged somewhere so the chief pilot isn't calling . . .