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Old Jun 21, 2015 | 8:05 am
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Originally Posted by bmwe92fan
Agree - we don't have all the details. I've been on many flights like this where the pilots have asked the crew to voluntarily extend so we could take off, and while I understand that there are different rules for the pilots, I'd hate to think that the pilot really did this because of just 2 minutes of time...
Contractual rules can be voluntarily waived. FAA rules, not so much.
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