Hi All...apologies if this has been done before, but am wondering whether anyone has come across any specific company/airline policy or research that restricts the amount of time that an employee should have 'on the ground' between long haul flights? For instance, do long haul flight crews have a restriction of 24hours rest between flights? (NB I ask, as we have a team of Sales people who are travelling on a high frequency basis across Africa, China and Far East plus Australia before coming back to UK and want to attempt to proactively manage health issues such as DVT etc) Any help would be great Ta Pete

Hi Pete In the UK Flight Crew hours requirements, are detailed in the publicly available Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) publication CAP371: The Avoidance of Fatigue in Aircrews: http://www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/CAP371.PDF Fatigue is a possibility for any person traveling a lot, but the risk is greater for flight crew as opposed to passengers as they have a significant amount of flight safety duties tied in with their customer service role whereas a passenger is ‘sat there enjoying the flight’. Yes, I know that last comment about passengers is open to interpretation! You may want to have a look at direct gov website http://www.direct.gov.uk...ravelintheUK/DG_10036988 This gives links and information sheets on subjects such as how to avoid DVT and the CAA leaflet on traveling safely. The HSE Air Transport pages also has a section related to passengers which links back round to the CAA. http://www.hse.gov.uk/ai...port/faqs.htm#passengers As an afterthought, the HSE publication Managing shift work: Health and safety guidance: http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/hsg256.pdf may also be useful in this situation. As your workers are not working formal shifts, but may experience some of the same symptoms fatigue, reduced performance etc. associated with shift work. I trust this is useful information. Rod Aviation and Aerospace Group Web Champion