Originally Posted by
Verdell
Quoting this from a few pages back as reference, but just wanted to add the following.
Theoretically you CAN be legally assigned a SC that complies with 30/168, within which you become illegal for an FDP due to 30/168.
From that SC RAP you could be assigned a rotation with a DH-only duty period (no limitation for 30/168 for a DH-only duty period) to a layover that gives 30 hours rest and fly an FDP after. I believe this rarely happens, but it is concievable.
IMO this is one of the many reasons why the coverage ladder is so critically important, so the company can't custom-build a trip that takes advantage of this type of scenario to snipe on a particularly vulnerable pilot.
I don’t think that’s true…it used to be a few years back but ALPA came out with a different interpretation. If you are legal to start the RAP, then you are legal to start/finish an FDP that occurs within that RAP.
For example, you start SC at noon, run out of 30/168 lookback at 1300, get assigned rotation that reports at 1400…still legal even thought the FDP start after 30/168