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Flight time limitations

Inquiry status: Government response published.

Flight and duty time limitations are used to help ensure that commercial aircraft operate safely by regulating the hours worked by air crew in order to prevent pilot fatigue.

In January 2012 the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) published an updated draft of new rules to harmonise European flight time limitations. These proposals would change the way flight time limitations are regulated in the UK. The Committee looked at the potential effects of this change.

Further information:

Publications

Title Date published
5th Special Report - Flight time limitations: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2012–13 | PDF version 5th Special Report - Flight time limitations: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2012–13 (PDF) 11 September 2012
Flight time limitations - written evidence 24 February 2012

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