Trogdor
Burninating the Peasants
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I have a question about the legality of block and credit times established by airlines.
First some background information. My company uses "block" time to indicate when a flight departs and arrives. This time is established by the company based on what time they want the flight to depart and arrive. We also have "credit" times which is a historical average of the amount of time it takes to actually complete a flight leg. The credit time is generally higher than the block time.
I had a flight yesterday where the block time for the day was 7 hours and 53 minutes. However, the credit time was 8 hours and 28 minutes. So my question is this: How is it legal that I can fly a trip where the company indicates it will take under 8 hours to complete when the historical data proves it will take over 8 hours? Especially when the block time is something they arbitrarily come up with. Is this legal or is this something I need to fight?
By the way, the actual flight time yesterday was well over 9 hours thanks to the headwinds.
First some background information. My company uses "block" time to indicate when a flight departs and arrives. This time is established by the company based on what time they want the flight to depart and arrive. We also have "credit" times which is a historical average of the amount of time it takes to actually complete a flight leg. The credit time is generally higher than the block time.
I had a flight yesterday where the block time for the day was 7 hours and 53 minutes. However, the credit time was 8 hours and 28 minutes. So my question is this: How is it legal that I can fly a trip where the company indicates it will take under 8 hours to complete when the historical data proves it will take over 8 hours? Especially when the block time is something they arbitrarily come up with. Is this legal or is this something I need to fight?
By the way, the actual flight time yesterday was well over 9 hours thanks to the headwinds.