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Also that they cite fatigue / circadian low as one of the core causes. I thought they might avoid it because of the potential cost implications for the airline
by glup 8y ago
Also that they cite fatigue / circadian low as one of the core causes. I thought they might avoid it because of the potential cost implications for the airline industry.
- scrumper 8y agoWorth noting that the Canadian regulations are looser than USA in that respect - the Air Canada pilots were in compliance with home regs, but would have been in breach of FAA regs. Other point is that the NTSB isn't generally particularly shy about calling out the need for expensive changes (one example being their recommendation for fuel tank inerting systems after TWA 800). They have no power to mandate their recommendations be implemented after all: that's the job of the FAA.
- jackpirate 8y agoWhy does a plane in US airspace not follow FAA regs?
- scrumper 8y agoWell, it does pretty much, just not that bit (14 CFR 117). In this Air Canada case it's governed by 14 CFR part 129, which covers operations by foreign air carriers in the USA. https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title14-vol3/xml/CFR-2011-title14-vol3-part129.xml#seqnum129.15 https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title14-vol3/xml/CFR-... EDIT - removed erroneous reference to 14 CFR 121.480-> which applies to cargo ops.
- rconti 8y agoYup - copied this to buffer for a comment: > The flight crew’s work schedule for the incident flight complied with the applicable Canadian flight time limitations and rest requirements; however, the flight and duty time and rest requirements for the captain (a company reserve pilot) would not have complied with US flight time limitations and rest requirements (14 CFR Part 117).