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Turboprop Pilot Duty Swap Tool

Make your roster
work for you.

Need the day off, a later start or an earlier finish?

Upload the Regional Master Roster. Find every available duty swap and check it before you ask another pilot or send it to Crewing.

Regional ATR 72 turboprop on a wet New Zealand airport apron at sunrise Regional flying, regional rules

Made for the Regional operation

More options. Fewer denied swap requests.

Tell the tool what duty you need to change. It analyses every available straight, multi-day and multi-pilot option, then checks every pilot’s resulting roster.

Checks every duty swap against theNZALPA collective agreement22hrs / 48 · 29hrs / 72 · duty time · flight time · rest · RDOs · early starts · sectors · eligibility
Day off, later start or earlier finish Straight, multi-day and multi-pilot options ATR and Q300 Master Rosters

Multi-pilot swaps can be hard to organise. Good negotiation skills help. Bribery may also help.

Every variable the tool reviewsTap to see all contractual and practical checks

Duty and flight time

11-hour single-duty limit22 duty hours in 48 planning threshold29-hour planning threshold and 32-hour cap in 72186 duty hours in 28 days8 hours per duty and 35 / 100 flight hours across 7 / 28 days90- and 365-day cumulative limits acknowledged as assumed passesSix flying / eight combined sector limit

Rest and days off

Detected home base home-base rest: base-specific minimumAfter-midnight and extended-duty rest24-hour rest triggers after 22/48 and 29/72Additional rest above 30 duty hours in 7235 / 64 / 83 hours for one, two or three RDOsMinimum rest plus 24 hours per RDOClause 5.3.7.3: 24 consecutive hours at Home Base in every seven daysClause 12.1.3 annual-leave boundaries, including waiver-dependent protection

Roster construction

Minimum RDO entitlement and paired RDOsWeekend-off requirement checkedClause 5.3.7.2: six-day / five-day consecutive-duty patternClause 5.3.13.1: no more than three consecutive duty days starting before 07:00; OFF/RDO resets the sequenceComplete standby blocks and away pairingsTraining, SIM and protected-duty eligibilityFleet and rank transitions protected from their effective date; earlier normal duties remain available

Analysis for

· detected base

Master Roster required

Upload the Master Roster PDF

The search needs every Regional pilot’s published duties to test complete, compliant swap options.

Regional Q300 turboprop ready for departure at a small New Zealand airport

Air New Zealand Regional rules

The collective agreement is the rule book.