Originally Posted by
404yxl
I'm not sure if I follow you on blaming 117. Pre-117 allowed for 24 hours off in 7. 117 requires 30 off in 168 hours (7 days).
What you are talking about is a contract issue, not a 117 gripe. If anything, I would say 117 made it harder to go longer stretches since the old rules said you needed a 24 hour rest period rather than the 30 hour one we have now.
You and I have went down this road before and you are wrong.
It is not a contract issue. 117 did away with the 30 block hour limit in 7 days and replaced it with a 30 hour rest in 168 hour rolling period. After our last go around I don't think you really worked for an airline pre 117 because anyone who did knows 117 made it WAY easier for companies to schedule us for consecutive days in a row. It has NOTHING to do with the required break in duty, but the 30 hour block limit in 7 days disappearing.