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A B767 captain repeated her previous assertion that her airline is purposely planning westbound transatlantic flights at flight times that allow dispatch without a relief pilot.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1190520 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201407 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 480 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 2500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
This is the second safety report I have written on this issue.yesterday I flew from london to a new york area airport. The company had it scheduled for under 8 hours. This relieves the company of adding an extra pilot. The flight was planned at M.81; with a cost index of 62. I have never seen a london flight planned at this speed for an atlantic crossing. On the prog chart there were areas of turbulence; but nothing was noted as significant on the flight plan. We experienced turbulence for almost 45 minutes on the crossing. The flight duration was 8:10. We landed with almost 4;000 pounds under our expected landing fuel of 15.0. We had no food on the airplane since the co-pilot found a cockroach in his creamed spinach. The food in london is inedible which does not help the fatigue situation.I feel the company is under estimating the flight times to save money on the additional pilot the correct flight time would require. In this case they ran the flight at too high a mach for the weather conditions to save money. We attempted to slow the flight with shanwick but due to traffic we were forced to keep up our speed.I think the company is sacrificing safety for money savings. This is too long a flight with no rest for both the pilots and flight attendants.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B767 Captain repeated her previous assertion that her airline is purposely planning westbound transatlantic flights at flight times that allow dispatch without a relief pilot.
Narrative: This is the second safety report I have written on this issue.Yesterday I flew from London to a New York area airport. The company had it scheduled for under 8 hours. This relieves the company of adding an extra pilot. The flight was planned at M.81; with a cost index of 62. I have never seen a London flight planned at this speed for an Atlantic crossing. On the prog chart there were areas of turbulence; but nothing was noted as significant on the flight plan. We experienced turbulence for almost 45 minutes on the crossing. The flight duration was 8:10. We landed with almost 4;000 LBS under our expected landing fuel of 15.0. We had no food on the airplane since the co-pilot found a cockroach in his creamed spinach. The food in London is inedible which does not help the fatigue situation.I feel the company is under estimating the flight times to save money on the additional pilot the correct flight time would require. In this case they ran the flight at too high a mach for the weather conditions to save money. We attempted to slow the flight with Shanwick but due to traffic we were forced to keep up our speed.I think the company is sacrificing safety for money savings. This is too long a flight with no rest for both the pilots and flight attendants.
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