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02-14-2020 | 04:19 PM
#82
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They still need to give you 30/168 for LCR because you’re always on duty. I was flying with a CA a few weeks ago who bids LCR in one block starting on a Fri or Sat then PTOs the first and last day. 30/168 gets him two more days off in the block so he ends up with 17-18 off a month working with majority weekend days off. According to him he’s had good luck avoiding the calls. YMMV but seemed like an ok plan to me. Late start on day one and get lucky with early release on last day and that brings you down more or less an extra day.
02-14-2020 | 04:21 PM
#83
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Simply THE BEST, dumbed-down, explanation ever, for most pilots to understand that one can be on LCR for 100 days straight without any issues. As Long as they have 30 hours off before any FDP, they are golden.
02-14-2020 | 04:30 PM
#84
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While you're right, the differentiation is pedantic. The company CAN do that, and in some cases they MAY do it, but I can't see the benefit that the company gains by doing this.
02-14-2020 | 04:56 PM
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There is no "gain" for either the company or the pilot. It's just the way the regs are written. Has been in place since 2012, not sure why it's not understood nearly eight years later. There is no requirement for OFF days (PRL in our case) during those 10 (or 20, or 100) LCR days. When they need you to fly, they take you off LCR for 30 hours, then give you a report time. Easy peasy.
02-14-2020 | 05:22 PM
#86
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There is no "gain" for either the company or the pilot. It's just the way the regs are written. Has been in place since 2012, not sure why it's not understood nearly eight years later. There is no requirement for OFF days (PRL in our case) during those 10 (or 20, or 100) LCR days. When they need you to fly, they take you off LCR for 30 hours, then give you a report time. Easy peasy.
02-14-2020 | 05:30 PM
#87
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There is no "gain" for either the company or the pilot. It's just the way the regs are written. Has been in place since 2012, not sure why it's not understood nearly eight years later. There is no requirement for OFF days (PRL in our case) during those 10 (or 20, or 100) LCR days. When they need you to fly, they take you off LCR for 30 hours, then give you a report time. Easy peasy.
02-14-2020 | 06:49 PM
#88
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The responses above are right...by strict definition, no, LCR is not duty. From a practical standpoint it ends up being treated that way.
02-14-2020 | 06:51 PM
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There is no "gain" for either the company or the pilot. It's just the way the regs are written. Has been in place since 2012, not sure why it's not understood nearly eight years later. There is no requirement for OFF days (PRL in our case) during those 10 (or 20, or 100) LCR days. When they need you to fly, they take you off LCR for 30 hours, then give you a report time. Easy peasy.
02-15-2020 | 06:12 AM
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