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Old 11-05-2009, 05:30 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tennesseeflyboy View Post
Have not heard much about this but feel that it is happening on a fairly regular basis .................. we got extended out here for a couple more legs and they wanted more, but we are just too tired (fatigued) to do more. I made the FATIGUE call and they wanted to hear it also from the F/O, on the phone. So what gives out here ? I would call the Union about it, and they will give me the standard canned answer ............... it is LEGAL
The one time I was fatigued in the field, the FO and RFO were not queried at all (I was revised to go same duty period to j/s from STN to CDG without my FO to go CDG-MEM same duty period with a different FO and RFO).

I know my limits, it was onerous, the company really pushed the (exceeded my) limits and I wasn't about to take what they were dishing out (awake and/or on duty for 24 hrs at ETA in MEM).
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