Hours spent working - those on a plane? (6)

I believe the answer is:

uptime

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'hours spent working' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

I don't understand the rest of the clue.

(Another definition for uptime that I've seen is " Computing period".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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