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Why Are Flights From India Still Landing?
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It's important to note that it is not illegal to travel from England to India (or indeed anywhere else since last Monday).
The FCDO provides advice for each country (and sometimes areas within a country). Currently it advises against all travel to a few areas of India, notably the border areas with Pakistan and Bangladesh, but a few more besides. As well as this it advises against all but essential travel to the rest of India.
But none of this makes it illegal to travel there. It is not illegal to travel to any destination from England at present. The only difference between the Red, Amber and Green destinations is what you are required to do when you return. What would be interesting would be to find out how many of the many thousands of people who have arrived here from India have booked and remained in approved hotel quarantine accommodation - the legal requirement as bobbin has usefully explained.
If the government wanted to restrict people from travelling to various destinations abroad it could have continued with the legislation that was in place from December to May. This restricted all but essential travel for which permission was required before the journey was made. Instead it produced advice and legislation which is conflicting.
People accusing others of being reckless by breaking the rules on travel to Amber or Red destinations are being wrongly critical. There are no rules restricting such travel. But it has not been unheard of for the government to conflate its "advice" with legislation over the past year.
The FCDO provides advice for each country (and sometimes areas within a country). Currently it advises against all travel to a few areas of India, notably the border areas with Pakistan and Bangladesh, but a few more besides. As well as this it advises against all but essential travel to the rest of India.
But none of this makes it illegal to travel there. It is not illegal to travel to any destination from England at present. The only difference between the Red, Amber and Green destinations is what you are required to do when you return. What would be interesting would be to find out how many of the many thousands of people who have arrived here from India have booked and remained in approved hotel quarantine accommodation - the legal requirement as bobbin has usefully explained.
If the government wanted to restrict people from travelling to various destinations abroad it could have continued with the legislation that was in place from December to May. This restricted all but essential travel for which permission was required before the journey was made. Instead it produced advice and legislation which is conflicting.
People accusing others of being reckless by breaking the rules on travel to Amber or Red destinations are being wrongly critical. There are no rules restricting such travel. But it has not been unheard of for the government to conflate its "advice" with legislation over the past year.
//Eve - crews have been going to China and back in one shift - India is nothing//
I don't think so.
The flight time from London to Beijing is around ten hours. The normal maximum Flight Duty Period for flight deck crew is fourteen hours. This period includes flight preparation and time taken to hand over the aircraft to groundcrew at the destination. Cabin crew can work slightly longer hours provided they are able to take breaks during the flight. Ask yourself this: would you like to be flown into Heathrow by a pilot who has been working well in excess of twenty hours?
There are a small number of scheduled non-stop flights of over 9,000 miles and eighteen hours duration (e.g. Singapore Airlines, New York:Singapore and Qatar Airlines Doha: Aukland) but these are operated by two discreet crews. Some shorter flights carry two crews where the actual flying time may exceed nine hours but neither of these crews will fly the aircraft back.
I don't think so.
The flight time from London to Beijing is around ten hours. The normal maximum Flight Duty Period for flight deck crew is fourteen hours. This period includes flight preparation and time taken to hand over the aircraft to groundcrew at the destination. Cabin crew can work slightly longer hours provided they are able to take breaks during the flight. Ask yourself this: would you like to be flown into Heathrow by a pilot who has been working well in excess of twenty hours?
There are a small number of scheduled non-stop flights of over 9,000 miles and eighteen hours duration (e.g. Singapore Airlines, New York:Singapore and Qatar Airlines Doha: Aukland) but these are operated by two discreet crews. Some shorter flights carry two crews where the actual flying time may exceed nine hours but neither of these crews will fly the aircraft back.
yeah but seriously tho'
make them turn around and land back in India
and they run out of petrol or whateva they use
and crash
and that saves the covid problem AND overpopulation at one go
who is it who says triumphantly at the conclusion of a stupid and gormless point - end of!
(its a joke for chrissakes, designed the lighten the tenor of an otherwise serious thread)
make them turn around and land back in India
and they run out of petrol or whateva they use
and crash
and that saves the covid problem AND overpopulation at one go
who is it who says triumphantly at the conclusion of a stupid and gormless point - end of!
(its a joke for chrissakes, designed the lighten the tenor of an otherwise serious thread)
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