Seats less reclining: Boeing 787 pilots want duty time cut

NEW DELHI: Indian pilots have expressed a fresh concern over the Boeing 787 Dreamliners — extended flight duty time limitation (FDTL) for them despite the aircraft’s less reclining cockpit seats that make controlled rest less effective for them.

The Airlines Pilots’ Association of India has urged the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to rollback the extension given to the “already stretched” flight duty time limit (FDTL) for Boeing 787 two-man flight crew operations from 10 hours (flying time) to 10.5 hours and 13 hours of flight duty period (FDP) to 14 hours.