RedGuy

My POI would disagree with you. He thinks the way we do it is just fine, and I know because we where just investigated by the FAA because some prick that doesn't understand how flight and duty time works sent a nasty gram to the FAA, anonymously. The FAA looked at all our records and deemed that we where in compliance with the regs. There's a whole industry that is built upon last minute charters, and fitting into a cookie cutter mold just doesn't work. When I'm at home on call I am not on duty, I'm not working. It's your responsibility to stop flying if your fatigued! When I get somewhere at 3 am and I'm tired, I tell my company I'm tired and go to a hotel, and I've never been questioned.

BTW You posted the one interpretation, where's the other interpretations???


EDIT: BTW reading your second post, I would say I fall under "duty to be available" since I do have the choice to accept the trip or not. They may no be happy when I turn one down, but there's no repercussions if I do.