Flying beyond max duty period part 135
Let's say you are flying for a 135 unscheduled on-demand carrier, in a two-man crew plane, and you're reaching the expiration of your max 14 hour duty period (but less than the max allowed flight time). But you're running behind and can't make it all the way home. When you arrive at the last stop prior to the flight home your duty period expires. Common sense tells us to get a hotel and rest for ten hours before you jump back in the plane again. BUT, you find out there's no pax/cargo on your last leg home and therefore would be flying under part 91. Can you legally fly the last leg home by operating under part 91 even though you're well beyond your 14 hour duty period?
I say no but my company seems to think otherwise. What do you guys think?