Originally Posted by Jetlife

Look up the FAA definitions of flight time, duty time and rest. Duty has nothing directly to do with flight time, although because we are pilots they likely go hand and hand. If you are "on-call" that is by FAA interpretation and definition, duty. You can't drink when you're on call but you can on rest, so how is being on call, rest? Rest means you are eleviated from company responsibility during that period. Duty means you ARE bound to company responsibility, therefore being on call is duty. Perfect example, I fly the plane from OAK to VNY, then drive home. Is the drive home duty or rest? I'm not flying so I guess it's not duty by your understanding. Wrong, that is 100% duty because it is company travel. Legally, there is no such thing is 24/7 on call. How 90% of 135 charter companies get away with it is still a mystery to me. But they do, it is widely known so the FAA must turn a blind eye. But again, being tied to your phone is NOT rest.