Originally Posted by
Blueskies21
Is that FAR 117 Legal??
That seems to me to violate the spirit of the regulation.
If there hasn't already been an interpretation saying that's legal I'll be the first to request it. I'd be shocked if that would hold up.
The FAR definition of flight time:
Flight time means:
(1) Pilot time that commences when an aircraft moves under its own power for the purpose of flight and ends when the aircraft comes to rest after landing
We are currently logging a lot of flight time that doesn't meet this definition since we aren't moving under our own power. In my experience though I don't think I've ever went over the max flight time per day, it's always flight duty period that is the problem so I'm not sure how much this will really help.