Originally Posted by
Pakagecheck
Semantics, but you are correct. If you're excessively tired, call the DO. Based on his assessment one of the following......
Removed from the trip and placed in sick status...
You decide which one they are gonna use. Or can use.
Sure sounds like fatigue to me....
Are you even reading the contract? Based on his assessment the DO can either;
a. revises the pairing so that you don't exceed the operational extension or,
b. releases you to a legal rest.
The only time you are removed from the trip and placed in a sick status is after receiving a legal rest, you decide you need more rest. So after a minimum of 8 hours off you decide you are still to tired to operate, then you are removed from the remainder of the trip and the remaining hours of your trip are charged to your sick bank. Yes, that part does sound like fatigue, but that happens only after you are given a legal rest and you still can't go.
It's not semantics, it's what the contract says. I have done this and was NOT placed in sick. I was simply released to rest at the hotel.