flight duty period definition

flight duty period. FDP”)’ means a period that commences when a crew member is required to report for duty, which includes a sector or a series of sectors, and finishes when the aircraft finally comes to rest and the engines are shut down, at the end of the last sector on which the crew member acts as an operating crew member;
flight duty period means the total time from the moment a flight crew member commences duty, immediately subsequent to a rest period and prior to making a flight or a series of flights, to the moment the flight crew member is relieved of all duties having completed such flight or series of flights;
flight duty period means a period which commences when a flight or cabin crew member is required to report for 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 end of the last flight on which he or she is a crew member;

Examples of flight duty period in a sentence

  • The Flight Duty Period limitations set forth in Part 117 shall apply to a Crew Member’s scheduled and actual flight assignments, including when a Crew Member’s reserve period is followed by flight duty.

  • On Day 25 the Pilot begins a Flight Duty Period scheduled for 9 hours and 30 minutes, but delays cause his projected Flight Duty Period to be 11 hours and 30 minutes.

  • Crew Scheduling removes the last leg in order to shorten the Flight Duty Period to comply with the FAR 117 Flight Duty Period limitation.

  • A Pilot begins a Flight Duty Period of 12 hours and 30 minutes at 0700 with 4 scheduled legs.

  • Flight Duty Period Basic Crew Pairings created by both the Crew Planning Department and the Crew Scheduling Department will be planned using the rules outlined below.


More Definitions of flight duty period

flight duty period means a period which commences when a crew member is required to report for a duty that includes a flight or a series of flights and which finishes when the aircraft finally comes to rest and the engines are shut down at the end of the last flight on which they are a crew member;
flight duty period means any time during which a person operates in a helicopter as a member of its flight crew. It starts when the flight crew member is required by an operator to report for a flight, and finishes at on-chocks or engines off, or rotors stopped, on the final sector for that flight crew member;
flight duty period means any time during which a person operates in an aeroplane as a member of its flight crew. It starts when the flight crew member is required by an operator to report for a flight, and finishes at on-chocks or engines off, on the final sector for that flight crew member and include 15 minutes of post-flight activities for small operators and 30 minutes for large operators i.e. operators who operate more than 50 aircraft;
flight duty period means a period which starts when a Pilot is required by VARA to report for a Duty Period in which flight as an operating crew member is undertaken, and finished not less than 15 minutes after the end of the block time of the final flight as an operating crew member.
flight duty period means a period of time that ends at “engines off” or “rotors stopped” at the end of a flight and begins the earlier of the time that a flight crew member:
flight duty period means the total time from the moment a flight crewmember commences duty to the moment the he is relieved of all duties having completed such flight or series of flights;
flight duty period means any time during which a person operates in an aircraft as a member of its crew, beginning when the crew member is required by the air operator to report for a flight duty and finishing at the end of flight duty time on the final sector;