Fosters~ you're correct about the definition of duty period and I apologize for not making myself clearer. Us Hawaiians aren't good at English, just 'pidgin' . Anyways, let's try this again. What I meant by 'volunteer' is that an employee would fly as a passenger in the back (after working all day as a ramp agent AND pilot), and on the empty leg, he or she would come up to the front and fly it under part 91 thus avoiding the 135 duty time. Legal? Probably not but amazingly a couple companies have been getting away with it here. It goes on deeper than this but I'm not here to blow any whistles so I'll stop myself now. I don't work for them so I won't claim to know everything about the company. However I do know a lot friends who have been with them or are currently with them and it seems like the shady stories just keep coming. Just my opinion.

Kalyx~ PM sent.