FDTL Quick Reference Guide (Easa-European Aviation Safety Agency)
FDTL Quick Reference Guide (Easa-European Aviation Safety Agency)
FDTL Quick Reference Guide (Easa-European Aviation Safety Agency)
*** When establishing the maximum FDP for consecutive night duties, the number of sectors is
limited to 4 sectors per duty - (CS FTL.1.205- a-1)
* TABLE C // CS.FTL.1.205.C
Acclimatized means a state in which a crew member's circadian biological clock is synchronised to the time zone where the crew mem
duty starts, the crew member, for the calculation of the maximum daily flight duty period, is considered to be acclimatized in accorda
Augmented flight crew means a flight crew which comprises more than the minimum number required to operate the aircraft, allow
Flight Duty Period.-A period which commences when a flight crew member is required to report for duty that includes a flight or a se
Split duty means a flight duty period that has a scheduled break in duty that is less than a required rest period and is only applied to u
Disruptive Schedule: A crew member’s roster which disrupts the sleep opportunity during the optimal sleep time window by compris
Eastward-Westward and Westward-Eastward transition: The transition at home base between a rotation crossing 6 or more time z
Night Duty: A duty period encroaching any portion of the period between 02:00 and 04:59 in the time zone to which the crew is acclim
Reserve: A period of time during which a crew member is required by operator to be available to receive an assignment for an FDP, po
Single Day Free of Duty means a time free of all duties and standby consisting of one day and two local nights, which is notified in ad
Time difference (h) between reference time and Time elapsed since reporting at reference time
local time where the crew member starts the next
duty
< 48 48 - 71:59 72 – 95:59
2<…<4 B D D
4≤…≤6 B X D
6<…≤9 B X X
9 < … ≤ 12 B X X
‘B’ means acclimatized to the local time of the departure time zone,
‘D’ means acclimatized to the local time where the crew member starts his next duty
‘X’ means that a crewmember is in an unknown state of Acclimatization.
“reference time” means the local time at the reporting point situated in a 2-hour wide time zone band around the local time where a c
acclimatised.
FDTL QUICK REFERENCE GUIDE (EASA- EUROPEAN AVIATION S
Rest Facility Type Maximum Flight Time (Hours) ORO.FTL.210 Maximum Duty Period (Hours) - ORO.FTL
* Table B - Maximum Daily FDP due to Inflight rest for Flight Crew // CS.FTL.1.205.C
Crew / Rest Facility Type Class 3 Class 2 Class 1
3 Crew Operation 14:00 15:00 16:00
4 Crew Operation 15:00 16:00 17:00
* TABLE D (CS.FTL.1.235.B.3)
Minimum local nights of rest at home base or temporary base to compensate for time zone differences
9<…≤12 2 3
* In case of an Eastward-Westward or Westward-Eastward transition, at least 3 local nights of rest at home base or temporary base is provid
the time zone where the crew member is . A crew member is considered to be acclimatized to a 2-hour wide time zone surrounding the local time
dered to be acclimatized in accordance with the values in the Table A *.
quired to operate the aircraft, allowing each flight crew member to leave the assigned post, for the purpose of in-flight rest, and to be replaced by a
or duty that includes a flight or a series of flights and which finishes when the aeroplane finally comes to rest and the engines are shut down at the
rest period and is only applied to un-augmented flight crews.
imal sleep time window by comprising an FDP or a combination of FDPs for ‘early start’ a duty period starting in the period between 05:00 and 0
a rotation crossing 6 or more time zones in one direction and a rotation crossing 4 or more time zones in the opposite direction.
ime zone to which the crew is acclimatized.
eceive an assignment for an FDP, positioning or other duty notified at least 10 hours in advance.
o local nights, which is notified in advance. A rest period may be included as part of the single day free of duty.
05) Early Type Disruptive Schedule : Early Start - 05:00 - 05:59 and Late Finish - 23:00 - 01:59
00:00 - 01:59
eporting at reference time Local Night means a period of 8 hours falling between 22:00 and 08:00 local time
96 – 119:59 ≥ 120
D D
D D
D D
X D
Maximum daily FDP (hours) Based on # of Flight Segment when crew members are in an unknown state of
acclimatisation // ORO.FTL.205.B.2
1 – 2 sectors 3 sectors 4 sectors
11:00 10:30 10:00
Maximum daily FDP when crew members are in an unknown state of acclimatisation and the operator has
implemented a FRM //ORO.FTL.205.B.3
Preceding Duty Period or 12 HRS Preceding Duty Period or 14 Change in time zone that is 4 hrs or more
HRS
nce reporting for the first FDP in a rotation involving at least 4-hour time
difference to the reference time International flights
72 – 95:59 ≥96 Debriefing
3 3 First leg crew positioning
3 4 Simulator (Flight Crew)
zone surrounding the local time at the point of departure. When the local time at the place where a duty commences differs by more than 2 hours
he period between 05:00 and 06:59 or for ‘late finish’ a duty period finishing in the period between 00:00 and 01:59 in the time zone to which a
e direction.
5 sectors
10:30
00:15
01:00
If a crew member performs 4 or more night duties,
01:00 early starts or late finishes between 2 extended
recovery rest periods as defined in
Subchapter 7.17.4 the second extended recovery rest
01:00 period is extended to 60 hours.
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e a duty commences differs by more than 2 hours from the local time at the place where the next
ween 00:00 and 01:59 in the time zone to which a crew member is acclimatized.
Late Type Disruptive Schedule : Early Start - 05:00 - 06:59 and Late Finish -
ACCEPTABLE SPLIT-DUTY EXTENSION // CS.FTL.1.220
Consecutive Hours Break
0-3
> 3<6
# Post-flight and Pre-flight duties / transport time will not be counted as part of rest.
# If the break is more than 6 consecutive hours or fully encroaches upon the WOCL, then operator will provide Suitable Accommodation. H
# Any time of the actual break exceeding 6 hours or any time of the break that encroaches the WOCL does not count for the extension of the
REDUCED REST PERIOD // CS.FTL.1.235.C // Applicable for more than 12 hrs Duty Pe
ess than 12 hours at home base or 10 hrs out of base, subject to the following conditions :
d must be added to the next rest period, which cannot be reduced;
s reduced must be deducted from the subsequent allowable FDP;
eriods between 2 recurrent extended recovery rest periods.
e combined with in-flight rest
follow a reduced rest.
oes not culminate into a duty then, 25% of its time shall be considered under cumulative duty.
r cumulative duty.
Maximum daily FDP with the us
# 1 hour not more than twice in 7 consecutive days. The minimum pre-flight and post-flight rest periods shall be increased by 2 hrs; or t
# The use of the extension shall be planned in advance, and shall be limited to a maximum of :
(i) 5 sectors when WOCL is not encraoched: or
(ii) 4 sectors when the WOCL is encroached by 2 hours or less: or
(iii) 2 sectors when the WOCL is encroached by more than 2 hours.
# Extension of the maximum basic daily FDP without in-flight rest shall not be combined with extensions due to in-flight rest or split du
ombined with extensions due to in-flight rest or split duty in the same duty period.
Maximum daily FDP with the use of extensions due in-flight rest // CS.FTL.1.205.C
nforeseen circumstances in flight operations — Commander’s Discretion (Start at or After the reporting time) // ORO.FTL.205.F
ncreased by more than 2 hrs unless the flight crew has been augmented, in which case the maximum FDP may be increased by not more than 3 hrs.
of unforeseen circumstances after take-off, the flight may continue to the planned destination or alternate aerodrome; and
10 hrs
copy of the report, to which the operator shall add its comments, shall be sent by the operator to the competent authority not later than 28 days after th
recovery rest period prior to starting duty at the new home base is increased to 72 hrs, including 3 local nights. [CSFTL.1.200]
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