Hi!

mmaviator: "I know this affects everyone and I haven't read through the document but are these new rules better or still worse than ICAO rules?"

ICAO does not have any rules. The CAA (local FAAs) that all operate under ICAO all have their own rules. For example, the European rules are 190 duty hours max in 30 days, while the Kenya CAA rules are 160 duty hours in 30 days. The Kenya CAA rules for duty/rest were quite different than the British CAA rules, but they were both a TON better than FAA rules overall (in Kenya, I had 11 hours min rest, NOT reducable for any reason.).

cliff