Can FDP be extended on the ground?

Can FDP be extended on the ground?

• A. Yes, FDP may be extended up to 2 hours on the ground so long as you don't exceed 168 hours in 672 consecutive hours.
• B. Yes, up to 2 hours on the ground provided you don't exceed 168 hours in 672 consecutive hours.
• C. No extension on the ground allowed.
• D. Only if the flight ends early.

Answer: (A)

The main idea is that there is a permissible on-ground extension to the Flight Duty Period, but it’s tightly controlled to protect fatigue. You can extend the FDP by up to two hours on the ground, but you must stay within a rolling limit of 168 hours of FDP in any 672 consecutive hours (a 28-day window). This means the extra ground time is allowed only if your total FDP hours over the past 28 days don’t exceed that 168-hour cap. It gives crews flexibility to handle ground delays while preventing excessive duty. The other options miss or contradict this balance: there is an allowed ground extension, it isn’t conditional on the flight ending early, and the restatement in the other choice rounds exactly the same ground-extension concept but without altering the key limitation.

The main idea is that there is a permissible on-ground extension to the Flight Duty Period, but it’s tightly controlled to protect fatigue. You can extend the FDP by up to two hours on the ground, but you must stay within a rolling limit of 168 hours of FDP in any 672 consecutive hours (a 28-day window). This means the extra ground time is allowed only if your total FDP hours over the past 28 days don’t exceed that 168-hour cap. It gives crews flexibility to handle ground delays while preventing excessive duty. The other options miss or contradict this balance: there is an allowed ground extension, it isn’t conditional on the flight ending early, and the restatement in the other choice rounds exactly the same ground-extension concept but without altering the key limitation.