Originally Posted by
Razorback flyer
Actually, FAR's do not limit the amount of time you can be on duty, but they do limit the amount of time you can go WITHOUT REST. Reserve is defined as neither duty nor rest, and you can only go 16 hours without rest. (Hence time from short call start to duty off cannout exceed 16 hours.) ............ Another little side effect of Whitlow that often gets forgotten is that if you go over 15 hours of no rest/duty, your last rest period was reduced, and thus you now need compensitory rest in the rest period you go into.
So why are we getting SC at 05:00 for 24 hours as an ER crew (No international push until the afternoon) ? I am just as confused as the next guy but always willing to communicate and learn. However, it appears to me that our crew scheduling now are picking our contract apart and do what they can to make us miserable. Next AE I will bid into whatever I can hold a line on, this kind of treatment is not for me.