ACR PLT DEPENDS ON CREW SCHEDULING TO COMPLETE FLT TIME LIMITS; RESULTING IN THE 30 IN 7 DAY RULE BEING EXCEEDED.

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ON SEP/SAT/00 PRIOR TO DEP ON A FLT FROM LAS TO ALB; I WAS CONTACTED BY CREW SCHEDULING INFORMING ME I NEEDED TO LOSE 6 MINS OF OUR SCHEDULED FLT TIME OR RISK BEING REMOVED FROM A MID-DAY ROUND TRIP BTWN BWI AND ALB ON SEP/MON/00. AS IT HAPPENED; DUE TO WX IN ALB; OUR FLT DIVERTED TO BDL AND THEN FERRIED ON TO BWI. SEP/SUN/00 (THE THIRD DAY OF A 4 DAY PAIRING); REPAIRED A DEADHEAD TO ALB FROM BWI THEN A ROUND-TRIP ALB-MCO-ALB INCURRING ADDITIONAL FLT TIME BEYOND WHAT WAS SCHEDULED. SEP/MON/00 I FLEW ALB-BWI WHICH ADDED 30 MINS TO MY SCHEDULED FLT TIME. AT THIS POINT; I WASN'T SURE WHAT MY 30 AND 7 TIME WAS; EVEN THOUGH I WAS REMOVED BY SCHEDULING FROM MY NEXT ROUND-TRIP FLT BWI-ALB-BWI. THE REMAINING FLT BWI-MDW; SCHEDULED FOR 1 HR 50 MINS; ACTUALLY FLEW 2 HRS 35 MINS DUE TO SEVERE TSTMS IN CHICAGO. AFTER ARRIVING IN CHICAGO; I WAS TOLD BY THE OPS AGENT TO CALL SCHEDULING AND WAS INFORMED I WOULD BE CONTINUING ON TO STL FOR AN UNSCHEDULED OVERNIGHT; TO WHICH I STRONGLY OBJECTED. SINCE I HAD PREVIOUSLY VIEWED SCHEDULING AS AN IMMEDIATE AND REAL TIME LEGALITY CHK; ALL MY OBJECTIONS TO THIS ADD-ON FLT (ON THE BASIS OF 30 AND 7 LEGALITY) WERE MET WITH INSISTENCE THAT I WAS LEGAL AND I WOULD HAVE TO FLY THE FLT. SO I DID FLY FLT XXX WHICH OVERFLEW STL ON TO LIT RESULTING IN MY PREVIOUS SUSPICION OF A VIOLATION OF 30 AND 7; THIS AFTER BEING ASSURED BY 2 OR 3 DIFFERENT SCHEDULERS THAT NOT ONLY WAS I LEGAL FOR BUT 'REQUIRED' TO TAKE THE FLT.