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matrixwalker2012 Jul 30, 2013 10:25 pm
Pilot rest on 3 pilot planes
 
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?

johndoe123 Jul 31, 2013 10:13 am
Originally Posted by matrixwalker2012 (Post 21187437)
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/ :)


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