Changes in 135 Duty Times

[CaptainSpaz]

http://www.aams.org/flightduty.pdf

 

[charter dog]

Thanks for posting that link CaptainSpaz. I presume this is the work product of the Aviation Rulemaking Committee which was submitted upon their ajournment and has been sitting on a shelf at FAA ever since.

Meanwhile, industry is not taking this laying down. See this thread to read the NATA letter to the FAA where they request that the language of the final rule contain an "escape clause" whereby crewmembers may be placed in an "AVAILABLE" (on-call with a "duty to report") status and simultaniously count that time as REST as long as the operator informs the crew of this fact. This effectively allows the endless period of on-call status such as we presently enjoy today!

I hope that no such language is included in the NPRM or the final rule. I could live with the rule in the form I found on the provided link. Let's just hope that industry lobbying is unsuccessful in nullifying the intent of the ARC's efforts in creating this draft proposal. The intent is to mitigate the instance of fatigue induced accidents and thereby promote safer operations.

Best,