Originally Posted by MEL-World

HE had slept for only 3 1/2 hours in the 24 hours before the flight taking off on March 20.
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"I had the flown the maximum in the last 30 days. One hundred hours in 28 days, it's an Emirates rule," he said. "I'd flown 99 hours. You can fly 100 hours in a month."
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HE and his co-pilot were ordered to resign. They were handed pre-prepared letters of resignation when they returned to Emirates headquarters.