CAA PROPOSES TO SHORTEN FLIGHT CREWS' WORKING HOURS|防機組員過勞 擬每28天工時上限190小時

To prevent overwork among flight crew members, the Civil Aeronautics Administration is proposing an amendment to current regulations, shortening maximum work hours for pilots and flight attendants from 210 hours for any 30-day period to 190 hours for any 28-day period. Violations can be punished with a fine between NT$600,000 and NT$3 million. The new rules could go into effect as early as late May. The problem of overwork among flight crews has gained prominence after China Airlines flight attendants went on strike last June protesting their long work hours. After several public hearings on the subject, the Civil Aeronautics Administration has proposed new rules governing flight crew hours. Flight crew work hours will go down from 210 hours per 30-day period to 190 per 28-day period. New restrictions on red-eye shifts will also be introduced. ==LIN CHUN-LIANG CAA Flight Standards Div. Chief== The total of hours in training, meetings, in flight, rest and meal breaks in the air, all of this cannot total more than 190 hours over a 28-day period. These rules are actually stricter than those for regular workers in the current Labor Standards Act. The CAA says that the revised rules represent even stricter working hour requirements than the current Labor Standards Act. But the flight attendants union says that the amendments still provide less rest time for flight attendants than for pilots, while the pilots union says that airlines all currently exceed the hours of the new rules, and they are worried that management will use loopholes to deprive employees of rest time. ==YANG KUANG-HAI Taoyuan Union of Pilot Chair== It's not rigorous enough. To be honest, the exceptions in the rules are not written rigorously enough. ==LIN CHIA-WEI Taoyuan Flight Attendants Union Gen. Sec.== In the table for applicable working hours, you can see that flight attendants have one more hour than pilots. The CAA says that the draft amendments have been completed and could come into effect as early as late May. Violations can be punished with fines between NT$600,000 and NT$3 million. TRANSLATED BY：JOHN CHEN 為避免飛行組員過勞，民航局打算修法，將機師和空服員等機組員的工時，由現行每30天工時上限210小時，調整為每28天工時上限190小時，若違法將可罰60萬到300萬元，預計最快5月下旬上路。 去年六月，華航空服員發起罷工，抗議飛時過長，無法負荷，機組員過勞問題越來越被重視，民航局針對機組員飛時問題，去年起多次召開公聽會，終於完成修法 ==民航局標準組長 林俊良== 包含他所有的訓練會議或飛行 或是在天空的休息用餐等等 這些全部都括在一起 包括在一起總共28天190小時 這一塊其實就比現在的勞基法 對一般勞工是比較嚴格 現行每30天工時上限210小時，調整為每28天工時上限190小時，另外針對紅眼航班的出勤也做出限制 ==桃園市機師職業工會理事長 楊光海== 不夠嚴謹 說實在這裡面但書 沒有寫得很嚴謹 ==桃園市空服員職業工會秘書長 林佳瑋== 飛時工時可適用的表格裡面 其實空服員(工時) 都比機師多了一個小時 民航局表示，修法後機組員的工時，相較勞基法每月30日工作與加班230小時上限，更為嚴格；不過空服員工會認為，依照法規細節，空服員的休時還是少於機師，機師工會則認為，目前看起來，企業的派遣時數恐怕會超過法規限制，擔心資方以其他手法壓縮員工時間。 民航局表示，修法草案已完成，目前在預告階段，預估需要4個月法制作業期，估計新法最快5月下旬上路，若違法將可罰60萬到300萬元。