§117.25 Rest period.
(a) No certificate holder may assign and no flightcrew member may accept assignment to any reserve or duty with the certificate holder during any required rest period.
(b) Before beginning any reserve or flight duty period a flightcrew member must be given at least 30 consecutive hours free from all duty within the past 168 consecutive hour period.
(c) If a flightcrew member operating in a new theater has received 36 consecutive hours of rest, that flightcrew member is acclimated and the rest period meets the requirements of paragraph (b) of this section.
(d) A flightcrew member must be given a minimum of 56 consecutive hours rest upon return to home base if the flightcrew member:
(1) Travels more than 60° longitude during a flight duty period or a series of flight duty period, and
(2) is away from home base for more than 168 consecutive hours during this travel. The 56 hours of rest specified in this section must encompass three physiological nights' rest based on local time.
(e) No certificate holder may schedule and no flightcrew member may accept an assignment for any reserve or flight duty period
unless the flightcrew member is given a rest period of at least 10 consecutive hours immediately before beginning the reserve or flight duty period measured from the time the flightcrew member is released from duty.
The 10 hour rest period must provide the flightcrew member with a minimum of 8 uninterrupted hours of sleep opportunity.
(f) If a flightcrew member determines that a rest period under paragraph (e) of this section will not provide eight uninterrupted hours of sleep opportunity, the flightcrew member must notify the certificate holder.
The flightcrew member cannot report for the assigned flight duty period until he or she receives a rest period specified in paragraph (e) of this section.
(g) If a flightcrew member engaged in deadhead transportation exceeds the applicable flight duty period in Table B of this part, the flightcrew member must be given a rest period equal to the length of the deadhead transportation but not less than the required rest in paragraph (e) of this section before beginning a flight duty period.
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Per E; you must have a rest period that begins being measured when the duty period ends. This rest period must allow at least 10 hours, with an 8 hour rest opportunity, immediately prior to starting a new FDP or reserve.
Per E; you must have an 8 hour uninterrupted sleep opportunity in the 10 hours immediately preceding the FDP. Explain how you had that driving more than 2 hours to work, or how you had 8 hours uninterrupted jumpseating.
Per F; you can not report for duty without having the rest required under E. If you didn't get it, you are supposed to notify the certificate holder..... which is what everybody does on days 2,3,4,5..... so, where's the exception for day 1?
The Airlines know this, the FAA knows this, the Unions know this....
it's all Don't ask & Don't tell.
Carry on.