Originally Posted by
Flying Monkey
Don't see where anyone has addressed this yet, but are we 'allowed' to fly 7 days in a row now or greater than 30 in 7? My January schedule has a 4 day on the 1st, and a 3 day on the 5th, no double overnights giving 24 hours off in 7 days. Also, it puts me flying 36:17 in 7 days.
Not well versed in the 117 changes, but didn't think it allowed something like this. Looks like quite a few others have the same thing on their line.
I fly the last 4 days of Dec and the first 4 days of Jan - back to back 4 day trips. Over 41 hours of block during that stretch. But hey, I have about 31 hours off between trips so I'm sure I won't be fatigued at all
To answer your question - yes, there is no longer a weekly block limit. You can fly well above 30 hours in a 7 day period. Heck, you can fly 54 hours in 6 days if you like (6 days x 9 hours block per day - but you would have to fit all that flying into 60 hours of total duty, or less. So not really feasible, but you get the point). For your example - How many total hours is it from report on day 1 to release on day 7? If it's under 138 you're good to go. You need to have 30 hours off in a rolling 168 hour period.