AIR CREW DUTY TIME

Abstract

Limitation of air crew duty time is very sensitive topic. The article is aimed to determine the stage of meeting specified time limits of the duty, flight duty and rest periods for flight crew in practice. To do this, pilots from several airlines anonymously filled in a questionnaire assembled according to EU OPS. The text of this article contains 2 parts. The first one describes the actual and the most widely used regulations of air crew duty time limitations. The second part is focused on real observance of limit compliance using a questionnaire.