121 Pilots! I have a Reg Q to discuss
OK, I plan on researching this once I get home, but:
A buddy of mine flies for Mesa; 2 days ago this situation occurred and his chief, as well as crew support, all said this was legal. I do not; I think they pulled the wool over his eyes.
I’m posting this, not because I want an immediate answer, but so that we can discuss and learn. If there’s some sort of loop hole I would like to know about.
In short here’s what happened.
He was scheduled for a 14 hour duty day that stretched to 16:30 before his deadhead home. The deadhead was a 2 ½ hour flight, by the time his day was finished he was on duty for 19:15. His chief said this was legal because the deadhead was counted as part 91, seeing that he wasn’t part of the FLT crew, even though the flight was operated under part 121. Also that he was scheduled for 14 hours and since there wasn’t a change to his schedule, “legal to start, legal to finish.”
I understand this to be illegal, when working for an air carrier you MUST be able to look back over a 24 hour period and see at least 8 hours of rest, PERIOD!!!!!
Did my friend unknowingly break the reg or am I wrong?
Last edited by JetJock16; 03-23-2007 at 01:37 PM.