Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp

This is bad information.

Also, when we sign the release as a pilot (all pilots sign it now for those not at DL) we are agreeing to the 2 hour extension until we notify otherwise. You can refuse the extension at any time.

We're grown adults, individuals, and professional pilots... why make a deal about the captain accepting it and us not? If you're done, you're done. Who cares if he's fine- he might have slept wonderfully while you were dealing with family issues. That's how it goes. Don't make a big emotional deal about it, and they have no room to do the same.

I had a tracker give me a deal about throwing down a pumpkin time when I felt our eastbound afternoon westcoast flight would become a redeye due to our rolling delay. He asked me if I reported not ready to fulfill my contract. I asked him "If something in the contract was legal, is it automatically safe?" He said yes. I told him that we could no longer have a productive discussion and to hand me over to the supervisor or duty pilot. Backpedalling ensued and the situation was resolved very quickly.