Originally Posted by
2muchfr8time
...until the FAA comes strait out and says " On call is on duty " it will continue to be that way.
Looks like I may have spoke too soon. Further searching brings up this.
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/...009/Mayors.pdf
Originally Posted by exerpt
The FAA defines "duty" as "actual work for the air carrier or the present responsibility for such should the occasion arise." Legal Interpretation 1993-31 (Dec. 13, 1993). The period of time during which a pilot is obligated to answer a carrier's page or call, whether or not such a page or call is received, is not a rest period. Id. Therefore, because the pilot in your hypothetical has the duty to report for a flight assignment once notified by the certificate holder, he is on duty for the duration of his shift.
Not that duty matters, it's still "rest" in the regulations....but hopefully that helps to "clear up" any confusion some people are having with some supposed "gray area".
-mini