Originally Posted by
fdx727pilot
If you were not scheduled over 8 hrs originally, you can go over 8 hours with no legal problem and no violation of the contract, as long as you don't depart an airport having already exceeded 8 hours and you get a legal [at least 16 hours] rest period after you land at your layover station or home base. It is in Section 12.C.2.c.i
"A pilot who, due to headwinds, ATC delays or other unavoidable circumstances (including an intermediate stop for these reasons) is projected to exceed 8 ABH without an intervening legal rest period, shall be permitted to continue to base or to his layover station, whichever is scheduled to occur first, at which point he shall receive a legal rest period. However, a crew shall not block-out from a location after having exceeded 8 hours of block time in a 24 hour period without a legal rest period." (referenced in red as No. 1 above)
So I have to disagree with Fedupbusdriver, it's legal and in the contract to make you continue to your destination, as long as you have not already exceeded the 8 in 24. Your only recourse is to call fatigue.
OK here is a likely scenario.
You flew outbound from MEM on the Afternoon sort to SLC. You incurred a 35 minute taxi delay in MEM and exceeded schedule by 35 minutes. MEM-SLC was scheduled for 3:30 but you actually blocked 4:05. You had a short 11 hours rest in the hotel and flew SLC-MEM the next morning and blocked 3:55.
You have just flown 8 in 24 but you did have an 11 hour break in between.
But now you are hubutrning and are scheduled to fly to MEM-SMF.
It is scheduled for 4:10.
Since you just blocked 3:55 coming in from SLC and are in YOUR BASE and know the scheduled flight time to SMF is 4:10, you already know before you man up that you are going to exceed 8 hours again.
In this instance are you saying it is legal to GO?