Originally Posted by
sailingfun
The FO should not have to play the fatigue card. He should tell the CA that he does not want to extend and the CA should then call the company and decline a extension. The CA should not place that on the copilot or ask him to call in fatigued.
No, he should not.
But I overheard an FO tell his captain in LGA the other day, "hey man, I'm really tired. I'm not going to be able to extend."
The captain said, "OK, I'll tell the dispatcher you won't extend. But I'm going to extend."
For every captain that "gets it," there are several weenies who don't.