Originally Posted by
ancman
You called in fatigued because you were fatigued. Not because you had a personal issue.
A personal issue would be “My wife didn’t want me to work today, so I called in fatigued for my turn.”
I would absolutely fight for your report to be included and paid. Otherwise, it sets a bad precedent for the entire pilot group.
I am still fighting, it is just not an immediate process. The key is 24.AA.2.b.1 where there is no allowance for the FRB to exclude a case where the pilot is fatigued, regardless of the underlying causes. You are either fatigued (accepted) or sick/personal issues (excluded). There is no allowance to mix those two together. If the leadership of our union ends up disagreeing with that clear language then I don't know what to tell you. It would certainly have a chilling affect on the fatigue program if pilots know that the company would be able to nitpick details behind why you were fatigued in an effort to not pay you.