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Originally Posted by Superpilot92
Thats exactly how NWA did it and is what the FARs state. You just posted exactly what i'm trying to tell you. Its above in red and I agree its pretty clear
A domestic pilot must be released from duty for 24 hours if scheduled to be on call or work for more than 7 days.
Super, I'm not trying to fight you on this, but you didn't read the whole sentence. :-)
A reserve pilot may be on call for any number of consecutive days, but must have been released from telephone responsibilities for at least 24 consecutive hours at some point in the past seven days prior to reporting for domestic flight duty.
Prior to reporting for domestic flight duty. It doesn't say for being on call or deadheading or anything else. And you're ignoring the next sentence:
Important note: There is no requirement to place a day of rest on the seventh consecutive on-call day if no 24 hour rest in the past seven days can be found. As long as a pilot has 24 hours rest in seven days prior to reporting for domestic flight duty he is legal. When needed, such rest is placed on the pilot’s line at the time that a domestic trip is assigned. This has the effect of providing him at least 24 hours notice to a domestic reserve flying assignment if he cannot look back and find 24 hours rest in the preceding seven days.
I just want you to understand that if you don't take the trip or stomp your feet and go home because you feel that you're owned a day off, you're on your own. The union isn't going to back you because they don't agree with you. The FAA isn't going to back you either. You may think you are owed the day off, but I hate to say it, but in my opinion, you aren't right.
I spent time at my former airline being on the System Board. We saw grievances all the time where the pilot said, "but that's not fair" or "but that's not now I read it". There isn't any room for emotion or what we want - it's black and white when it comes to the regs and this kind of stuff.