Originally Posted by
sailingfun
When you declare a emergency at Delta you cant fly another leg until after you speak to the duty pilot and tell him you and your crew are fine to continue. The default is you are done for the day.
This was my experience when I experienced an engine failure shortly after takeoff on the first leg of a 3-day trip in 2011. Scheduling was ready to deadhead us out to re-join our rotation but the duty pilot stopped them and we were released from the remainder of our trip.