Sorry to interrupt the good flow of pictures (except that dude right above this post).

I have not been asked to extend my duty day yet under FAR 117. Probably because of the category I am in. But I don't understand the problem with refusing.

You call dispatcher and tell him I am not extending. He says call the duty pilot. Call the duty pilot and tell him I am not extending. He asks why. Tell him you will spell it all out in your ASR tomorrow. This is not time critical info and I see no requirement to give any info without taking the time to get your thoughts together. If you were worried you could even talk to ALPA legal to make sure your statement meets all FAA and company requirements.

ASRs take maybe 10 minutes to fill out. I called in fatigued 3 times while on the MD88. All 3 times I filled out an ASR and never heard a thing back.

So how is anyone being forced to extend? Honest question.