Originally Posted by
Wilbur Wright
I can't see trips being more productive. With the hard limits on block hours and flight duty period plus the 10 hours min rest, I'd bet domestic pilots will unfortunately be working more days a month.
One cure for the 30 hour layover would be the split duty "stand-up" trips, but that would have be be negotiated.
Guys already fly nowhere near most block hour limits except 30/7. It'll be interesting to see how the daily block limits come into play. I think the 9 hour relief will mitigate a lot of that.
Giving up stand-ups/illegals would be a major concession. It'll be like the 5-day trips. Commuters say they want them but really the junior people and reserves get stuck with most of them.
There are a lot of ways to get away from the 30 hr layovers. Doing illegals is a horrible idea.