Ryanair screws up pilot leave requirements, and cancels hundreds of flights

[Victory]

Tracking duty time by calendar year doesn't make any sense, no.

[photofly]

Apparently that’s how it’s done in Europe:
https://www.eurocockpit.be/sites/defaul ... atigue.pdf

In short: EU Flight Time Limitation rules set a mandatory limit of 900 flight hours per calendar year, to prevent cumulative air crew fatigue from endangering flight safety. This limit applies since mid-2008 and was reconfirmed in 2014. All EU Member States and their airlines complied with this rule – except Ireland. The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) chose to interpret ‘calendar year’ as meaning e.g. 1 April to 31 March. The rest of the EU interpreted it the intended way: 1 Jan. to 31 Dec. The IAA had been aware that this interpretation was unique in Europe. This interpretation happened to be very convenient for any summer-intensive airline regulated by Ireland. The IAA joined the EU-wide consensus only in 2017 – i.e. 9 years after the limit was initially set and almost 3 years after it had been reconfirmed in the EU’s updated operational flight safety rules.

[Eric Janson]

Tracking duty time by calendar year doesn't make any sense, no.

It doesn't matter what system is being used imho.

What matters is appropriate planning.

"Long Term" at a lot of Airlines means the end of the week!

[photofly]

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-41477267

"EasyJet said it would be "really pleased" to hire former Monarch employees, saying it had 400 cabin crew vacancies at Gatwick Airport and 100 at Luton, as well as job openings for pilots and head office staff."

Ryanair might be able to fill some holes in their schedule too.

[complexintentions]

In the end, as long as the flights are cheap, no one cares...


Ryanair passenger numbers grow despite cancellations

[Victory]

Delicious.