Originally Posted by
Crown
I expected him to say "yes, this is legal, but in my opinion, you should call in fatigued."
I'm glad to see that the duty pilots won't help us make the tough decisions. Maybe, just maybe, I was looking for guidance. Instead, I was essentially threatened with "fly it, you're legal." Very regional-esque. But fine. Next time I'll just call fatigued. And when there's a threatening follow up, I'll say "Breezy says there's no gray area, even though I might be legal for it."
Crown, brother, you will get no follow up. There is
no negative consequence to calling in fatigued. It's hard to say, since we weren't there, but it sounds like when you called the DP 'on the fence', he/she didn't really know what to tell you other than, "it's legal." Clearly that came across to you as non-supportive, and that's unfortunate, I'll grant you. But there absolutely will not be a threatening follow up. I cannot say strongly enough that you should have zero worry about that. Truly.
If you think you
might be fatigued, you probably are actually past that point, and should 'make the call' and then forget about it. Maybe listen to the "Engage" podcast the MEC put out speaking to this exact issue? It will set your mind at ease. Spotify and Apple have it at least.