Originally Posted by
crewdawg
Thanks for the update and researching this. Honestly, this is now how I viewed it at all based on the the post below. If what is posted below is true, then I'm not sure why our committee would interpret it the way you were told unless they had something from the FAA giving that interpretation. It's talked about in sched alert 19-11 as well.
There is also this, which seems to read even more clearly than the other references I posted.
SRH Pg 147 (a vetted document)
"Rest Required Prior to Reserve
FAR Part 117 requires two basic rest periods for reserve pilots:
-A minimum of ten hours of rest immediately prior to the start of an FDP or RAP. The ten hours of rest must provide a minimum of eight hours of uninterrupted sleepopportunity.Note: The ten hours of rest prior to the start of an FDP is not required for an FDP that begins during a RAP.
-30 consecutive hours of rest (free of duty) in the 168 hours immediately preceding the start of
ANY FDP, RAP, or airport standby reserve"
There is no note or exception anywhere I can find saying that the start of a RAP would remove the 30 in 168 requirement for an FDP. There is the note about 10 hours rest not being required prior to FDP if it begins during a RAP, but no such note for 30 in 168. I feel like the omission of such a note, in the presence of the other note, speaks pretty loudly that 30 in 168 is required for
ANY FDP.