FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Pilot rest on 3 pilot planes
Thread: Pilot rest on 3 pilot planes
View Single Post
Old Jul 31, 2013 | 10:13 am
  #2  
johndoe123
10 Countries Visited
20 Countries Visited
30 Countries Visited
15 Years on Site
 
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 1,585
Originally Posted by matrixwalker2012
So the rules allow for 3 pilot crews to fly up to 12 hours, regardless if there are only two pilot positions or three (as on the DC10 and a few other planes). My question is for flights on say a DC-10 that is going 11 hours, how do the pilots take rest breaks? Do they simply leave the first officer seat open at cruise and have just a captain and flight engineer?
Probably easiest to find a flight engineer who has a dc-10 type rating and appropriate pilot credentials. FEs are a dying breed, most know this.

I seriously have no clue. I know on two pilot plains one can leave the FO seat open for short breaks (IE: restroom) and vice versa, but I seriously doubt they'd fly for any length of time that way.

probably something better asked on http://www.pprune.org/
Last edited by johndoe123; Jul 31, 2013 at 11:19 am
johndoe123 is offline  
Reply