Originally Posted by
Purple Drank
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.
I did exactly that when I was an 88 FO around 1991ish. The Captain tried to urge me into continuing. That was when we had schedulers in base. We were in DFW, and the scheds were in the satellite. I walked in and told them I was done and never heard a word. No one should ever feel they should continue. I will never make another crew member continue just because I feel ok.