Originally Posted by
FlyJSH
You will get 10-12 days off per month to start, or 18-20 days on duty. You can only work 6 days in a row before having a 24 break.
There's nothing about 6 days in a row in the FAR's, just that in 7 consecutive days there had to be a 24 hour free from duty period in there.
Originally Posted by
AmericanEagleFO
Still have to have the 7th day off on reserve too. Even if you don't fly one of those days. You learn to love your 3 days off after commute, don't get greedy haha.
See above. The FAR's only reference a 24 hour period. However, a CBA may be more restrictive and make make reference to a "calendar day" free from duty in a 7 day period.
A few months ago in the month to month transition I was scheduled for NINE consecutive days of duty. A 4 day, 1 day, then a 4 day, with a 24 hour gap between the 1st 4 day and the day trip. They way crew planning modified the line, it only got to within 1 hour of a 30/7 issue. This most recent one had 7 consecutive days scheduled with 25 hours free from duty between the first and second trip.
Some airlines will schedule 7-8-9 days of consecutive reserve with the contingency that they will have to give you 24 hours free somewhere, but it's not the norm.