I have allegedly heard of a fictitious company in fantasy land operating like this. They fly single pilot charters part 135.

1. Call comes in for a trip. Pilot A takes the trip @ 0900
2. Pilot A returns from the trip @ 1200
3. Pilot A remains available to the company to take any trips until 1900. For a total duty time of 10 hours.
4. Pilot A then looks back to when he arrived, 1200 and considers his rest started at 1200 and therefore will accept another flight at 2200.
5. Per regs, rest must be free from availability to the company. My humble opinion is that technically pilot A is only getting 3 hours rest.

I see this as playing games with your duty. Fantasy land airplane company sees it as legal and allegedly has approval from the local fsdo to operate like this. I have asked for this in writing, yet fantasy company says there is nothing on paper. I do not think they are lying or being malicious in any way, but something just doesnt add up.

Whats your take?