Originally Posted by
sailingfun
I would disagree on the more productive part. The old rule was 100 hours in a month domestic or 120 hours a month international. The change to 100 hours in any 28 day rolling period has had a big impact on major airlines. Trips now have to be constantly broken up to find pilots to fly them which adds a ton of DH time. I know my company hates the 100 hour rule.
That's another point that should be considered. 117 has a 28 day lookback for 100 block hours. Domestically, the old rules reset the lookback at the beginning of every month, meaning you could fly 30 hours in the last 7 days of one month and 90 hours in the first 21 days of the next month, totaling 120 hours in the previous 28 days.
While 117 eliminated the 30 block hour limit in 7 days, it instituted a 100 block hour limit in 28 days, whereas the old rule allowed 120 hours in 28 days over month-to-month transitions, domestically.