LTT CAPT WAS SCHEDULED BY HIS ACR TO EXCEED 30 HRS FLYING IN 7 DAYS TIME.

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ON OCT/XA/00 I WAS ARRIVING FROM A PREVIOUS FLT WHEN I HAD BEEN ASSIGNED TO ANOTHER WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE AT THE TIME. UPON ARRIVING AT STATION OPS; I LEARNED THAT I HAD ANOTHER TRIP WITH A DEP TIME OF 10 MINS FROM THAT MOMENT; ON A DIFFERENT ACFT; AT A DIFFERENT GATE FROM BEFORE. UNTIL THEN; I THOUGHT THAT I WAS DONE FOR THE DAY. OPS PUT PRESSURE ON ME TO SPD UP TO GET TO THE ACFT; SAYING ALSO THAT THEY COULD NOT LOCATE ME EARLIER (I WAS STILL FLYING THE OTHER TRIP) AND THAT THEY HAD BEGUN DEPLANING THE PAX. AS I RAN TO GET THE DISPATCH RELEASE; LOOK AT WX AND PREFLT THE ACFT; AFTER DEP; DURING CLB; I BEGAN TO THINK ABOUT A POSSIBLE CONFLICT WITH MY DUTY TIME. I DISCOVERED THAT I COULD NOT COMPLETE THE FLT DUE TO THE FACT THAT I WOULD EXCEED 30 HRS IN 7 DAYS RULE. I IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED DISPATCH VIA RADIO THAT I DISCOVERED THIS AND INITIATED A RETURN TO MEM. I EXCEEDED MY TIME BY .3 HRS. IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP TRACK OF MY TIME. WHEN I DISCOVERED THE PROB; I CORRECTED IT BY RETURNING. SCHEDULING DEPT DID NOT CHK ON THIS ISSUE; AND THE COMPUTER SYS; ALTHOUGH DESIGNED TO AVOID THIS; DID NOT WORK AS ADVERTISED. ADDED PRESSURE BY OPS INFLUENCED ME IN NOT THINKING ABOUT TIME. ALSO; MY AIRLINE IS EXPERIENCING INCREDIBLY FAST GROWTH; WITH MANY NEW PERSONNEL (SCHEDULERS) WHO STILL ARE NOT EXPERIENCED WITH THEIR JOB. IT IS ALWAYS THE PLT'S RESPONSIBILITY TO NOT LET HIMSELF BE PRESSURED; AND ALWAYS CHK THEIR TIMES.