Pat Hasler:
What I am saying is that you don’t actually need to take a full 10 hours off duty before starting again and therefore the 14 hour rule does not apply.
The 14 hour rule always applies. 2+8 or a straight 10 off are the same thing, they reset the 14 hour window. A full 10 hours off means you don’t have to keep track of anything on a rolling 24, an 2+8 means you have to take the two off during shift 2 before arriving at the point in which 24 hours have elapsed since taking the 2 hours the previous day. None of this changes the 14 hour window though. If you start at 6am this morning, you’re still not able to go beyond 8pm tonight regardless of whether you’ve had 8 or 10 off last night, or whether you have two off during the day or you don’t. 8pm is your limit either way. I think you’re confusing the 14 hour window with the 10 hour rest period, which can be gotten around so long as you do as I’ve said in my last few posts using the split sleeper method on a rolling 24 hour reference period.