Least favorite rest rule?>

[usav8r]

Two duty periods in a 24-hour period. 7am flight east coast to the west coast, 10 hours rest, and fly the redeye back! Sucks!

 

[traffic pilot]

The more I fly the more I make. I keep block time low so I can fly more and make more money. I look for deadheads because I still get the pay but avoid the block time.
These new rest rules are going to cost many of us money. The new rules are a yearly, monthly, and weekly lookback at duty time instead of block time.

 

[mamba20]

Here at my airline (another way ALPA sold out junior pilots) you can start a reserve time at say 10 am and then get called for a trip that leaves at 7 pm which is international where we have an 18 hour duty day limit. The thing is, that 18 hour clock resets when you show up (no credit for the previous 9 hours you were on call and this is for reserves only) for the trip! So if the flight is then delayed 10 hours your still legal to do it as long as the block time is less then 18 hours. If you end up calling in fatigued you get punished by the chief pilots office, letters in files, docked pay, etc.

 

[Floatplane]

Here at my airline (another way ALPA sold out junior pilots) you can start a reserve time at say 10 am and then get called for a trip that leaves at 7 pm which is international where we have an 18 hour duty day limit. The thing is, that 18 hour clock resets when you show up (no credit for the previous 9 hours you were on call and this is for reserves only) for the trip! So if the flight is then delayed 10 hours your still legal to do it as long as the block time is less then 18 hours. If you end up calling in fatigued you get punished by the chief pilots office, letters in files, docked pay, etc.

You must work for Continental.