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Old 06-17-2014 | 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by hockeypilot44
Yes. Now it's a hard 16:30, but it can be manipulated. The old 16 hour thing of the past could also be manipulated though I suppose. We had our contractual maximum to protect us though. Unfortunately, we gave it away. It seems our contractual maximum is almost always more restrictive than the new FARs because it includes our 30 minute post flight while the FTD ends at blockin.
Wait, I thought we only gave up the PWA protections to make CDO's possible/viable. When that was taken out, we supposedly had to sacrifice an hour of reserve long call time. Are you saying we left that little nuke in there?