Just an update...I'm still not sure what the correct interpretation is. BUT...I was just scheduled to deadhead to ORD to pick up the second half of a day's flying that previously we were doing as an augmented crew.
I don't know if this is an admission by the company that they had previously been doing it wrong...or just the fact that they didn't have enough crews at the starting base to augment the trip.
The DO and CP also got fired last week...not necessarily connected to this.