Originally Posted by
50SeatsofGrey
This is preposterous. You need 8 hours sleep opportunity, you don't need to sleep for 8 hours. The actual language of this part of 117 does not have the reach you are affording it.
Further, you can have your 8 hours sleep opportunity before you start your commute. Commuting isn't rest, but it isn't duty.
Yes, it is preposterous. Everybody commuting over 2 hours on day one means they couldn't have had an 8 hour rest opportunity in the 10 hours immediately preceding the FDP. The FAA knows it, the airlines know it, and the unions know it. They all ignore it, and then point to 117.25 section (f) saying that if YOU didn't get the required 10/8, YOU are supposed to notify the certificate holder so your schedule can be adjusted....
Don't ask; Don't tell.....