Originally Posted by
johnso29
Which really makes no sense to me. Could I not be out piddling around in a GA airplane before my trip? Would that not be duty?
Really? I mean, really?
Originally Posted by FAA, Understanding FAR 117
Duty
means any task that a flightcrew member performs as required by the certificate holder, including but not limited to flight duty period, flight duty, pre- and post-flight duties, administrative work, training, deadhead transportation, aircraft positioning on the ground, aircraft loading, and aircraft servicing.
In the initial drafts of the regulation there was no distinction between commuting and deadhead. ALPA (for one) worked to make that distinction.
If you propose we get rid of everything non work related that keeps us from rest, we need to start with our children, ...