Originally Posted by
dl_1011
Iceman-
That is not correct. You were finished when you were within 4:15 (min day) of the monthly max. Pre-BK, the monthly max was normally 80 hours, so you would be done when you got to 75:46 for the month. The company had a limited abilility to flex above 80 in a given month (up to 84, if I remember correctly). You would then have to be within 4:15 of the higher monthly max, but the reserve guarantee also increased above 75 hours.
After BK, the reserve max was set at 88 hours, so you had to fly to 83:46 to be done for the month.
DL
Not exactly...
You were required to advise Crew Skeds that you did NOT want to fly HIT (to the extent your Bank could allow) prior to the end of the duty period that projected you over the cap. Remember, the cap varied, so the "trigger" varied.
The default mode was for a Reserve to over-fly.
When it get downs to it, who cares.