Originally Posted by
RealityCheck
...But to partially answer my question, isn't there something in Part 117 requiring one to certify before flight ones fitness? If so, seems that the FAA (and maybe even the company) could take action if that certification was suspect.
More info....
http://www.faa.gov/regulations_polic...-FinalRule.pdf
page 6
1.Fitness for Duty.
This rule places a joint responsibility on the certificate holder and each flightcrew member. In order for the flightcrew member to report for an FDP properly rested, the certificate holder must provide the flightcrew member with a meaningful rest opportunity that will allow the flightcrew member to get the proper amount of sleep. Likewise, the flightcrew member bears the responsibility of actually sleeping during the rest opportunity provided by the certificate holder instead of using that time to do other things. The consequence of a flightcrew member reporting for duty without being properly rested is that he or she is prohibited from beginning or continuing an FDP until he or she is properly rested.
page 294
§ 117.5 Fitness for duty.
(d)
As part of the dispatch or flight release, as applicable, each flightcrew member must affirmatively state he or she is fit for duty prior to commencing flight.
It seems to me that a responsible certificate holder would access CASS (or their own jumpseats) to make sure they are not liable for a crewmember who jumpseated into a flight period without allowing adequate rest. The certificate holder probably should also check hotel check-in records when a duty period starts with a DH followed by a rest period, again to ensure they are exercising an adequate level of supervision.