Originally Posted by
Pdt's Btch
If you look at the reg above it says "flight time". Since he was deadheading home (he didn't fly after the deadhead) this is legal. He just has to be able to look back 24 hours from the end of his last flight he operated and find 8 hours of rest. Not from the end of the deadhead. There is no 16 hour duty rule, only uninterrupted rest required between flight segments. You could legally deadhead for days without ever getting a break and to the FAA they wouldn't give a crap.
Now, deadheading before flights does count because you are not "on rest".
Sorry to say "your wrong" but "your wrong" being on reserve the past few months has taught me all this fun stuff- but you are listed as crew on a flight release even if you are sleeping in the back. The 16 hour rule still applies with deadheads. It is duty- you have a report and release time from a deadhhead duty. I had 15 hours of deadhead credit last month alone, meaning 30 hours in the back- I had 2 times where they had to release me into rest (go to hotel) and comeback 12 hours later for a deadhead. If I could have talked them into just letting me jumpseat that would be legal, but then they couldnt use me the next afternoon out of base... sneaky devils!