FTL Compliance & Forecast
Proactive FDP limit monitoring and fatigue risk management for scheduled flights
FTL Compliance requires a Premium or Unlimited subscription.
Flylogs can automatically calculate the Flight Duty Period (FDP) for every duty record and compare it against the regulatory limit that applies to each pilot on each day. When a limit is exceeded, the overage is flagged in red across duty reports, pilot views, and the FTL Forecast page.
The FTL Forecast page (Schedule → FTL) goes one step further: it projects FDP figures from the scheduled flights before any duty records are created, so roster managers can spot potential violations days or weeks in advance.
Setup
1 — Enable FTL compliance
Go to Settings → Duty Limits and scroll to the FTL Compliance section on the right.
Turn on the FTL enabled toggle. From this point on, every duty record saved by the system (automatically or manually) will have its FDP and regulatory limit calculated and stored.
Note: existing duty records saved before FTL was enabled will not have FDP data until they are re-saved. New records created after enabling will calculate correctly.
Optionally enable Notify crew to send an automatic message to a pilot when their FDP is projected to be close to or over the limit.
2 — Create an FTL profile
An FTL profile tells the system which regulatory scheme to apply and from when.
Click Add in the FTL Compliance section. Fill in:
Name
A label for this profile, e.g. "ORO.FTL 2024" or "FAA Part 117".
Regulatory scheme
ORO.FTL (EASA), 14 CFR Part 117 (FAA), or Custom.
Effective from
The date from which this profile applies.
Click Save. You can have multiple profiles with different effective dates to handle regulatory transitions.
The system always picks the most recently effective active profile when calculating limits.
Viewing the FDP limit table
Click any profile name in the FTL Compliance section (or click the profile badge / ? button on the FTL Forecast, Roster, or Schedule Manager pages) to open the profile detail panel.
The panel shows:
FDP Limit Matrix — the full table of maximum FDP hours by report time and number of sectors, taken directly from the applicable regulation (ORO.FTL.205 Table 1, or 14 CFR §117 Table B). Values greyed out at 9:00 have hit the regulatory floor.
Rest Requirements — minimum rest at home base and away, weekly rest, standby fraction, and maximum consecutive duty days.
Cumulative Limits — maximum FDP and block time over rolling 7-day, 14-day, 28-day, and annual windows.
If the profile has custom rule overrides, a yellow callout lists which fields have been changed from the scheme default.
How FDP is calculated
When a duty record is saved, Flylogs:
Finds all flights for that pilot on that day.
Takes the earliest flight departure as the start of the FDP (minus any commute time configured in Duty Limits settings).
Takes the latest flight arrival as the end of the FDP.
Looks up the regulatory FDP limit from the active profile using:
The report time (local hour of FDP start)
The number of sectors flown
Flags the record as a violation if the actual FDP exceeds the limit.
Flags WOCL if the duty period overlaps the Window of Circadian Low (02:00–05:59 local).
Where violations appear
Once FTL is enabled, FDP data appears in three places:
Pilot duty times grid (Pilots → Duty Times)
The monthly grid shows each pilot's daily FDP alongside their total duty time. Days with a violation are highlighted in red. A W badge indicates WOCL overlap.
Pilot view page
Each pilot's profile page shows the current FDP and limit for recent duty records.
FTL Forecast page (Schedule → FTL)
See the section below.
FTL Forecast page
The FTL Forecast page projects FDP figures from scheduled flights — before the duty records exist. It is a planning tool, not a compliance record.
Monthly navigation
Use the ‹ and › arrows to browse months. The current day is highlighted in the column header.
Fatigue risk chart
The bar chart at the top ranks pilots by their total projected FDP hours for the month. Pilots with at least one projected violation are shown in red. Use this chart to identify the most fatigued crew on the roster at a glance.
Day grid
Each row is a pilot. Each column is a day of the month. A cell contains:
Flight time (e.g. 7:30)
Projected FDP for the day.
FDP badge (red)
FDP would exceed the regulatory limit for that report time and number of sectors.
W badge (orange)
Duty period overlaps the Window of Circadian Low (02:00–05:59).
SB (light blue)
Standby duty from the base schedule.
GD (grey)
Ground duty from the base schedule.
Cell colours:
White / transparent
No scheduled activity.
Light blue
Standby.
Light grey
Ground duty.
Light green
FDP projected at less than 80 % of the limit.
Yellow
FDP projected at 80–99 % of the limit — approaching the limit.
Red / pink
FDP would exceed the limit — violation.
Caveats
The forecast is based on scheduled departure and arrival times. Actual FDP may differ if flights run early or late.
Only flights with status other than CANCELED or DRAFT are included.
Base schedule entries (standby, ground duty) are shown for context but do not generate FDP figures.
The applicable FTL profile is the one active as of today, applied uniformly across the entire month shown.
Regulatory schemes
ORO.FTL (EASA)
Airlines and AOC holders operating under EASA rules (EU, UK, and many other countries). Table-based FDP limits from ORO.FTL.205, extended when WOCL is involved.
14 CFR Part 117 (FAA)
US air carriers under FAA flight and duty time rules.
Custom
Define your own FDP limits when your operations manual specifies values outside the standard tables.
Frequently asked questions
My pilots have duty records but I see no FDP data. FDP is calculated when a duty record is saved. Records that existed before FTL was enabled need to be re-saved to trigger the calculation. New records will calculate automatically.
The FTL Forecast shows "No active FTL profile found". No active profile exists with an effective date on or before today. Go to Settings → Duty Limits → FTL Compliance and add a profile with an effective date in the past or today.
Can I use FTL tracking without the ORO.FTL or FAA schemes? Yes. Choose the Custom scheme and Flylogs will still calculate FDP and flag violations using the limits you define in the profile rules.
Does the FTL Forecast block scheduling? No. The forecast is read-only. To block schedule creation that would cause violations, use the Block overtime scheduling setting in the Duty Limits tab.
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