Originally Posted by
BaronRouge380
It is going to be interesting for sure to see how they are going to staff their planes (at 19/hour) given the 1500 hour rule approaching, the rest rule and the supposed retirements picking up soon at the majors.
The rest rules may be different for us, if they even apply. We have an Ops Spec that allows us to use Part 135 rest rules, rather than 121 because of the capacity and weight of the 19 hundo. However, with the Saabs coming online (which cannot fall under this "glitch"), 121 regs are required, so who knows if 121 will be used systemwide or just for the Saab. I can't see it being easy to use both sets of regs (especially for crew scheduling).