Originally Posted by
Peabody17
FC has it right. The company doesn’t care about throwing the pilots a few more peanuts to fly that extra leg. Their pain point is when a pilot becomes unavailable. THAT hurts them. I say every rest period must be at least as long as the preceding duty period. That will fix 90% of the scheduling issues immediately. They’ll have to decide if they want you “available” today or tomorrow.
I've been saying this for a decade. Don't forget, rounded UP to the next whole hour. 10:15 of duty? Minimum 11:00 off.