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How safe are an extra hour around KSFO, an hour turnaround and 45 more minutes flying after a long haul flight because an ATC wants to feel like the unquestione
by petschge 3y ago
How safe are an extra hour around KSFO, an hour turnaround and 45 more minutes flying after a long haul flight because an ATC wants to feel like the unquestioned king?
- MadnessASAP 3y agoI don't have the FAA crew time regulations on hand, or Lufthansa policies. However I would be extremely surprised if they used the same pilots.
- pas 3y agoIs it possible to check it somehow? Did Lufthansa just had a spare pilot in/around Oakland?
- dehrmann 3y agoI wonder how they do that. There's only one SFO-FRA flight per day flown by Lufthansa, so if a pilot gets sick, you don't want that delaying the flight and causing a rebooking headache.
- pas 3y agoI guess they have contracts for all kinds of similar contingencies. Maybe the whole Star Alliance has one for SFO, or operators of various other intercontinental flights do.