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Please clear this up for me. A captain can agree to extend the FO. If the FO agrees, cool. It was my understanding that if the FO says he/she will not extend AGAINST the captain’s wish, that FO must file a fatigue report. Am I wrong? Because if no fatigue report is required from the FO, and it is simply optional for the FO to extend, than why ask the captain about the FOs extension at all? Just ask the FO.
You are correct. PIC and carrier are the approval authority to extend either/both crew members. If the PIC doesn’t concur to an extension for either crewmember, it’s done and over with. Company can’t say anything. No fatigue report required. If Captain concurs, but the FO does not concur because he believes he is not fit to fly, a fatigue report must be filled out. This can be avoided by the captain not concuring in the first place and talking to the FO, hence me getting pssed when I returned from the walk around and my Captain said “hey the company called and asked how you were doing and if I’d agree to extend you, so I did. Hope that’s cool.”