Originally Posted by
HeavyDriver
Why is it when we talk about FAR 117 there is always someone in the corn field yelling "Job Action"? No organization to and No job action, or wildcat strike talk. Just the regulation statement that....
Section 117.3 defines “fit for duty” as being physiologically and mentally prepared and capable of performing assigned duties at the highest degree of safety.
YOU THE PILOT WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE (Not the company) if it is determined that you operated not in accordance to the FAR 117 regulations if something happens that warrants an investigation.
Now that is a "Flight Duty Period" assigned, so DH travel might be looked at differently, but, DH travel on company aircraft requires adherence to GOM policies. Is the duty different, yes, but in an emergency as a uniformed crewmember one might be put in a situation that they are not "physiologically and mentally prepared and capable of performing" is a question that wasn't addressed in the protest period of the 117 regs with uniformed DH travel.
We weren't talking about Part 117. We were talking about something else entirely, and it appears that conversation has been removed from the thread. I won't revisit it, as a moderator has seen fit to address the matter.
There was, nowever,
no discussion which suggested one should not call fatigue, or sick, if one is fatigued, or is sick. Further more,
no one labled calling in sick, or fatigued, as a "job action." Only you have done that, ust now. Further exploration of that would require re-visiting that which has been removed, and one need not poke the bear.