Originally Posted by
JohnBurke
I'm not under those rules. I don't work for them. They are under those rules because they are a supplemental carrier, and because they abide the basic supplemental rest, flight, and duty rules and regulations, and because they do not have OpSpec A117 which authorizes them to utilize 14 CFR 117.
They are under the old rest rules because they are Cargo, and not because they are supplemental.
The FAA is issuing this final rule to address the risk that fatigue poses to passenger operations conducted under 14 CFR part 121. Part 121 applies to the majority of flights flown by the American public. As such, changes to the existing flight, duty and rest rules in part 121 will directly affect the flying public. This rule applies to all part 121 passenger operations, including traditional scheduled service and large charter operations. The FAA has removed the existing distinctions between domestic, supplemental and flag passenger operations because the factors leading to fatigue are universal and addressing the risk to the flying public should be consistent across the different types of operations.
Flightcrew Member Duty and Rest Requirements (faa.gov)
They are
Cargo, hence 117 does not apply to them, therefore they remain under the original rest rules.
The only Supplemental that still applies is the choice to use the 121 rest rules for domestic (121.503 -121.509), or the 121 rules for international (121.515, 121.521 - 121.525)... which are still the old rest rules and only applicable to Cargo operations.
The supplemental doesn't dictate 121 vs 117 rest rules..... it's cargo vs passenger that does