Originally Posted by satpak77

Of course this is hypothetical

Part 91 corporate pilots Capt Bob and FO Steve are on a 3-week trip, with occasional "down days" sprinkled here and there but down days are while TDY/on the road and never "at home" in their warm beds.

At end of 3-week trip, they drop that plane (Plane-1) off at a location, and are to airline out, and are instructed to pick up another company plane (Plane-2) out of maintenance, somewhere else. They are to airline to the location of Plane-2. This travel involves an international flight of 6 hours back to USA, then a connection 3 hours after arrival, then a 1 hour flight to pick-up location. Observe a check-in time two hours before the flight leaves the gate also.

Capt Bob, within his authority/power imposed by the company, elects that they will have 24 hours "down" in place, after the 3-week trip, then airline out. His boss yells at him "why didn't you just airline out the next day, we need to get Plane-2 out of maintenance" etc etc blah blah. You can "rest" on the airline flight home.

Capt Bob explains hey we have been on the road 3 weeks, we have a suitcase full of dirty clothes, and we are worn down. In the interest of safety/etc we elected to do it as decided

Boss does not want to hear it.

How does Capt Bob handle (without having a stroke ?) this/etc reg quotes/fatigue studies/etc above and beyond what he already tried to say ? Part 91 op, no 121 regs/etc.