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.
It would be a gain for the pilot if he went 168hrs LCR without a 30hr break. You would know that you aren't going to get a trip or SCL assignment without a 30hr break. Your 14hr callout just changed to a 30hr callout.