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¦
Middle English orphan, orphen, borrowed from Anglo-French & Late Latin; Anglo-French orphayn, borrowed from Late Latin orphanus, borrowed from Greek orphanÃ³s left without parents, child without parents, derivative (with -anos, noun and adjective suffix) of *orphos orphan, going back to Indo-European *h 3 Ã³rbhos person or property turned over (as after a death), whence also Armenian orb orphan, Latin orbus deprived by death of a relative, bereaved, orphan, Old Church Slavic rabÅ­ ...