Originally Posted by
J Dawg
I gotta disagree,
You're free to do that, but you're wrong.
and deadheading most certainly is a duty period.
No, it's not.
Nowhere in there did it state deadheading (or any other company related work) is not duty.
Yes it does--Question 82.
Q-82. The air carrier deadheads a crew (two pilots and a flight engineer) from Salt Lake City to Honolulu. Upon arrival in Honolulu, the crew is assigned to fly the return trip. Can the crew accept this trip?
A-82. Yes. The duty time for the crew does not commence until the crew reports for duty for the purpose of flight. In this case that reporting occurs at Honolulu.
Look, I'm not trying to be a wise ass, but duty is defined as the time you show with the intention of flight, not anything else.