Originally Posted by
iaflyer
Yes, but the 137 hours of work equates to 5.7 days (5 days, 17 hour)s. I guess we don't see what you're getting at. Yes, you can work 7 actual days with the new regs, if you start late on day 1 and end early on day 7 but you're not working 7 whole days continuously. You're only working 5 days, 16 hours without getting a 30 hours break.
That's one of the things about the FAR 117 - it's parts of it are the same, just labeled and defined differently.
Instead of 1 day off in 7, now we get 30 hours off in 168 hours of duty. (which is 1 day, 6 hours off every 7 days).
The original question was, can you work a 4 day trip followed by a 3 day trip and not have a 30 hour break somewhere in the middle? The answer is yes, it is possible. You can work 7 flight duty periods in 7 days without a 30 hour break. Sure, it would require a late report on day 1 and an early release on day 7 (and it would need to be under 60 total flight duty period hours), but it's is possible. Under the old rules it would not be legal due to the 24 off in 7 calendar days requirement. That's all I was trying say.
