Originally Posted by
HighFlight
There is no "gain" for either the company or the pilot. It's just the way the regs are written. Has been in place since 2012, not sure why it's not understood nearly eight years later. There is no requirement for OFF days (PRL in our case) during those 10 (or 20, or 100) LCR days. When they need you to fly, they take you off LCR for 30 hours, then give you a report time. Easy peasy.
Yes, you need 30 off in 168, but it doesn't matter when the company gives it to you. They could give you 30 hours off every other day and that resets the clock every time it happens, as long as the rest is known and prospective.