Originally Posted by
Sniper
What does "re-acclimate to the day schedule on your week off" have to do with the safe operation of aircraft? If you're acclimated for your duty period, that is enhancing safety of flight. If you're unacclimated for attending your daughter's dance recital or your buddy's BBQ on your days off, then safety of flight is not compromised.
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding your concern with the new rules.
It's not the being home time it's the at work time (night) when you are working 3-4 nights on then have 3-4 days off on a regular basis.
§ 117.27 Consecutive nighttime operations.
No certificate holder may schedule and no flightcrew member may accept more than three consecutive nighttime flight duty periods unless the certificate holder provides an opportunity to rest during the flight duty period in accordance with § 117.17.
§ 117.17 Flight duty period: Split duty.
For a split duty period, a certificate holder may extend and a flightcrew member may accept a flight duty period up to 50 percent of time that the flightcrew member spent in a suitable accommodation up to a maximum flight duty period of 12 hours provided the flightcrew member is given a minimum opportunity to rest in a suitable accommodation of 4 hours, measured from the time the flightcrew member reaches the rest facility.
The above is what I found. There may be exceptions etc...... YMMV