Originally Posted by
Ragtop Day
Just to make things more muddy, all these rules do not apply if you are on SC or 23K recovery, in that case your on the hook for all 16 hours. There is a nice flow chart in the "When Scheduling Calls."
Not to turn this into another "NWA vs DAL" thing again, but this is a case where the appearance of one was weighed in versus the reality of the other.
In the NWA PWA domestically, it was a 13 hours scheduled duty day, and a HARD 14 hour duty day, in all cases, every time. Block, reserve, rescheduled, deadhead or not. If the clock struck 14, or WAS going to strike 14 before departure (duty + scheduled block + checkout), then you walked.
While the DAL seems to pay lip service to the TCL with reduced duty times, the NWA PWA provided simiar protection with no "tag on" after redeye flying.
Now it seems that if you are on reserve, or get rescheduled, the PWA offers no real protection other than calling in fatigued.
But we got a pay rate raise, so I guess that makes it ok...never mind. Guess all that glitters is not gold.
Nu