Don’t forget to set your clocks forward one hour on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at 0200 in observance of the change to daylight saving time in the United States. The only parts of the US that do not have daylight saving time are Hawaii, most of Arizona, Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.
As a reminder, the change to daylight saving time in Europe will occur on March 31, 2024.
As provided for in Section 6.V.3. of our Contract, the layover minimum legal rest (off-duty) periods may be reduced by one hour when these off-duty periods extend to or beyond 0200 standard time on the designated day when the change from standard time to daylight time occurs, unless such reduction would result in a legal rest below the established FAA minimum.
During daylight saving time, the changeover is where we all need to be mindful that any delay could result in an illegal layover and that we must still have the minimum ten (10) hours of legal rest over the time change. Of course, the upside to the “loss” of an hour of more light at the end of each day can be used by reviewing the latest news from our Contract 2021 negotiations website (www.contract2021.org).