Crew rest

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Some airlines fly with real-world style duty limits. When your airline has Crew rest on, a long day of flying is followed by a minimum rest before your next flight.

The rule is set by your airline, for example: after 10 block hours within 24 hours, rest 10 hours.

What you see

• Dashboard: a Duty and rest card with how much you flew in the last 24 hours and how much is left before you need rest. While you rest it says Rest until and the time in UTC.
• Booking a flight: on the dispatch page, a note when the departure you picked is inside your rest.

Warn only or strict

• Warn only (the start): you see the warning and can still book.
• Strict: a booking that leaves before your rest ends is refused. Pick a later departure, or book once your rest is over. ACARS also won't start a flight before your rest ends, whatever departure time you booked, and a flight that began inside the rest goes to staff.

What counts

• Counted in UTC, from the landing of each flight: when ACARS saw the aircraft move plus the block time, or when ACARS filed it if it didn't.
• Only ACARS flights count. Manual PIREPs, claims and imported flights don't, and neither do rejected or invalidated flights.
• Jumpseats never count: they aren't flights.
• Roster pairings are checked when each leg is booked.

For staff

1. Open Staff → Airline settings → Optional features and switch on Crew rest. It is off by default.
2. Open Staff → Operations → Crew rest.
3. Set Block hours within 24 hours and Then rest (hours), each 1 to 24 (10 and 10 to start with).
4. Tick Strict to refuse bookings inside the rest, or leave it for a warning only. Press Save.

The change counts from the next booking. Bookings already made stay.