Originally Posted by
Mesabah
The possible 18 hour duty period of a reserve is absolutely atrocious, and must stop. (4 hour call out + 14-12 hours duty)
You shouldn't be going over 16 on reserve...
FAR 117(c)(3)
For an unaugmented operation, the total number of hours
a flightcrew member may spend in a flight duty period and a reserve
availability period may not exceed the lesser of the maximum applicable
flight duty period in Table B of this part plus 4 hours, or 16 hours, as
measured from the beginning of the reserve availability period