Just to clarify CAP371 is not the law – it is a guidance document to allow an operator to create a FTL scheme. The company then sends their FTL scheme to the CAA for approval.

The law is the Air Navigation Order (ANO), which in turn mentions that a company must have an approved FTL scheme. This is a subtle but important point as the approved FTL scheme may have different limits than those set out in CAP 371 (for example by the use of a variation).

With regard to Irish Operators, their FTL schemes are based around EU-OPS subpart Q, (the 100 and 900 flying hour limits still apply).