In the past, pilots could spend those eight hours getting to and from the hotel, showering and eating. Pilots will be limited to flying eight or nine hours, depending on their start times. They must also have 30 consecutive hours of rest each week, a 25% increase over previous requirements. ARCHIVE: FAA says pilots must work shorter shifts, rest more (Dec. 21, 2011).
Define orphan: a child deprived by death of one or usually both parents; a young animal that has lost its mother â orphan in a sentence a child deprived by death of one or usually both parents; a young animal that has lost its mother; one deprived of some protection or advantageâ¦
One legal definition used in the United States is a minor bereft through death or disappearance of, abandonment or desertion by, or separation or loss from, both parents. In the common use, an orphan does not have any surviving parent to care for him or her. However, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS), and other groups label any child that has lost one parent as an orphan.