Originally Posted by GunshipGuy

I was on a trip last year where we were being pressured by the dispatcher to take off with a plan that would have us block 9:12 and go over our 2 hour extension (MD-88). When the dispatcher was told by the captain that we could not legally go over 9 hours block time while we were still on the ground the reply was "You're not going to to fly it as planned; Chicago will let you cut the corner." (Chicago center was not accepting traffic from the north and was pushing us to refile to the west). My DALPA reps didn't seem to concerned when I reported this to them. I let the Captain do that ASAP since he was the one who spoke to the dispatcher.