Originally Posted by
PropDriver
Some additions for Colgan:
Ready Reserve: Credit for half of duty time or actual block time, whichever is greater
Time spent on reserve is not considered duty time
That is not true ... at least for pilots. They CAN do that for FAs, but NOT for pilots.
If one is assigned reserve from 0500, the duty period begins at 0500 (unless they pull the "go to bed now and be ready in 8 hours" trick. That still gives one required reduced rest).