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Old 06-03-2019, 04:05 PM
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JohnBurke
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Originally Posted by MattFlys839 View Post
Thanks everyone for the clarification. I wasn’t necessarily complaining as I was more so making sure I wasn’t being pushed into something that could be illegal. (Not unheard of for this company) It is definitely time to start looking for something better as this sort of thing is becoming more and more of the norm.
It's quite likely you're being pushed; 135 operators are well known for it.

A perennial favorite is keeping a pilot on call around the clock. Not legal. The operator tries to tell the pilot that so long as the pilot doesn't get called, he's on his own time and isn't on duty (which is true, but he also isn't at rest, which is the important aspect that makes it illegal). Any obligation to the company for duty is not rest.

Another common tactic is to keep the pilot on a leash 24/7, and tell the pilot that if he didn't fly yesterday, that was his day off. This is absolutely not legal; rest can never be determined in hindsight.
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