Originally Posted by
RemoveB4Flight
Negative. This was exactly what the company had been forcing over the summer and SAPA got it cleared up. Days off were determined to be days off (weird right?).
So the determination is if it is delayed and will be a quick turn on your day off (middle of the night) then you still have to do it. If the delay will force you into rest then you are NOT obligated to do the return flight the next day. Since you were released into rest on your day off you do not have to report back to duty that day. You CAN if you choose to (and are legal for it) but it is voluntary.
CS/DX has a work-around for that which is what I've been talking about...
They'll come up with a bogus determination that you'll be legal to make the return flight, therefore they'll force you to go. Usually involves 3-minute taxi times, cruise at .83, or the like.
Once you arrive at the outstation, then they "re-evaluate" the legalities and "realize" you're stuck. Yes you can just rent a car and drive home, but they're accepting that risk on the assumption that it will be easier for you to just work the return flight.
Seen it happen many times. I think they actually look at your home address to make sure it's not convenient for you to just go home rather than RON. When I told them I was going home the last time this happened, they actually told me they didn't see any flights that would get me to my home town that night. I told them, yeah but you stranded me in my parents home town... See Yah!
I know of what I speak. You might fool me once, but rarely twice.