REASONABLE CREW FLIGHT DUTY REGULATIONS
Flight duty regulations are a very important factor in the daily work of flying personnel and have high impact on efficiency.
The psychological meaning of the FDR is large. That brings tensions to the subject that sometimes prevent objective discussions. Nevertheless, both airline and crew organizations have a large common interest.
Both want a safe operation and have an interest in the company making profit. Schedule Consult's independent support helps to:
- Screen the FDR for discrepacies with these common goals
- Assess the impact of changes in the FDR on rosters, duties and needed crew numbers
- Find win-win options in negotiations
FDR SCREENING FOR ITS MATCH WITH COMMON GOALS
FDR's mostly have a history of decades of development. Some restraints stem from time when
technology was of prior generations. What previously was good to prevent fatigue, may now be an
extra stressing factor. Sometimes there are other solutions to safeguard the human interests, but
open more flexibility to the planning. Because of our good insight in the sensitivities of
schedules to an FDR, we can quickly identify such hidden discrepancies.
We are perfectly equiped to screen your FDR and check whether both aspects are balanced. Our focus is on restrictions that don't (or no longer) serve the human factor while unnecessarily blocking efficiency. This is invaluable backing in your FDR negotiations.
ASSESS THE IMPACT OF CHANGES IN THE FDR
The complexity of crew planning and flight duty regulations makes it very difficult
to oversee the impact of changes in the latter for the duties, rotations or number of crew
needed.
Schedule Consult facilitates this part of the negotiations with quick answers.
WIN-WIN OPTIONS TO SMOOTHEN NEGOTIATIONS
Crew contract negotiations are among the most difficult issues that airline management faces.
The negotiations mainly focus on headline issues like pay and labor times. Hidden inefficiencies in
the FDR are ideal bargaining chips in such negotiations: they can make up for other contract costs,
without noticeable penalty on the daily work of the crews.
Such can constitute a welcome breakthrough for both parties.
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