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Old Apr 2, 2010 | 11:36 am
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wowpeter
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Finally for those who are wondering what does 70 hours per month means...
Some people claim the clock on time starts 2 or 3 hours before a flight... That is actually false... For the purpose of Flight Time Limitation and Rest Requirements, the duty start time does indeed start 1:30 before departure... And until 30 mins after engine shutdown... However for the purpose of PAY/Salary... The actually salary clock starts at Engine Start until Engine Shutdown... So any delay it is not pay... This is another way CX cheat (cost cut) their employee... This same formula apply to both Cabin Crew and Cockpit crew... So in reality, 70 hours a month actually means working for a lot more than 70 hours... In some cases, depending on the pattern or if there are a lot of turn around flight... 70 hours could equal to 120 to 140 hours of work on the airplane... A goo example will be a Taipei turn around... Cabin Crew get pay for 2 hours (1 hour flight time there and back), but they will start work 1:30 before departure... Turn the aircraft around during the 2 hours ground time in Taipei and then pax deboarding and afterland check... So for 2 hours pay, but cabin crew actually worked for 6 hours... I hope people will now get the point and understand the cabin crew frustration...
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