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Jan 11, 2012 | 3:48 am

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airsurfer

Join Date: Dec 2009

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Quote:

Originally Posted by HadesNL

Bear in mind that a flight over 12/13 hrs becomes ultra long haul and will impact the crew's working hours and rest times. If a flight gets delayed, it will be easier to reach the maximum stretch of crew operating hours which can give complications in rotations and staffing. ( on a side note maybe the FA union negotiated the stop in SIN as a well earned perk of the job

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For that reason airlines have two sets of crew and special rest beds for the resting crew on flights longer than 8 hours ?
However, SQ has flights of 17 hrs duration (LAX-SIN and EWR-SIN) , look in the table 'longest flights' of
this page .

Do they have three sets of crew on these flights ?

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