Originally Posted by
EWRflyr
Some "major aviation announcement" from the FAA at 1pm today.
U.S. Airline Pilots Said to Get More Rest Under FAA Overhaul - Bloomberg
Minimum 9 hours rest
Minimum 30 consecutive hours off each 7 days
Maximum 10 hours flying w/ max duty reduced to 13 hours
Be interesting to see if the max flying and duty time limits vary based on length of day, start time, etc. as had been rumored.
With more rest and shorter duty required to go with higher hours permitted in a duty period, this will probably end up being a wash as far as staffing goes.
So based on this alone, essentially they eliminated reduced rest, made changes that we all already have, and upped the block allowed in the day. Looks like things got worse. Hopefully the announcement has more details that are missing here. When considering the fact that the next change could be in 2050, I'm pretty disappointed so far.