AN ACR CAPT ILLUSTRATES THE DIFFICULTY INTERPING AND APPLYING THE FLT CREW DUTY AND REST REQUIREMENT OF THE FAR AS THEY APPLY TO RESERVE DUTY; SCHEDULE ASSIGNMENT AND IRREGULAR OPS.

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ON DEC/FRI/03; I WENT ON DUTY AT XA00. AT XG20; IN OPS (MSP); I PRINTED MY SCHEDULE. THE SCHEDULE CONTAINED A BLOCK OF 8 HRS AND 42 MINS AND A REST PERIOD OF 8 HRS AND 18 MINS. THE CREDIT FOR THE TRIP WAS 9 HRS 7 MINS. THE SCHEDULE WAS NEVER MINE; SO SAYS OLD DIRECTOR OF OPS. HE HAS SAID THAT A RESERVE PLT DOES NOT OWN ANY TRIP (HENCE THE FACT THAT THIS MONTH ALONE I HAVE BEEN CANCELED TWICE WHILE SIGNED IN AT THE ARPT AND THE TRIP IS REMOVED FROM MY SCHEDULE AFTERWARDS). AND; A RESERVE DAY HAS NO VALUE. THEREFORE; HAVING ME ON RESERVE ON THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE TRIP WOULD INDICATE THAT I WAS NOT ENTITLED TO THE GIVEN TRIP. THEREFORE; IT IS NOT 2 DUTY PERIODS BUT; INSTEAD; A RESCHEDULE. THEREFORE; A TRIP WITH DEICING THROUGHOUT (MSP-TYS) AND AN 18 MINS SLIDE. THE WX IS A KNOWN QUANTITY; NOT BEYOND THE CTL OF THE COMPANY. ON ONE OF THE DISPATCH RELEASES; EXTRA FUEL WAS PLACED ON THE ACFT FOR DELAYS INTO DTW (THAT IS PROOF THAT THE DELAYS WERE NOT BEYOND THE CTL OF THE COMPANY). SO; THE MORNING OF DEC/SAT/03; I ACARS'ED THE DISPATCH AND SCHEDULE DEPT ABOUT MY PROB. NO RESPONSE AIRBORNE FROM THE COMPANY. ON THE GND; I CALLED THE SCHEDULING DEPT AND TOLD THEM OF THE SIT. THEY TOLD ME I WAS WRONG AND LEGAL TO START WAS LEGAL TO FINISH. I DISAGREED AND CALLED THE CHIEF PLT WITH NO RESPONSE. SO; I CALLED THE UNION HOTLINE AND NO LUCK WITH A DETERMINATION. THEREFORE; I CALLED THE FAA HOTLINE. I WAS PUT IN TOUCH WITH MR X AND HE TOLD ME THAT I WAS NOT LEGAL FOR THE LAST LEG. I CALLED SCHEDULING BACK AND THEY ASKED IF I WAS REFUSING THE TRIP AND I STATED NO; BUT I WILL NOT BE LEGAL. I FLEW THE OMA LEG AND UPON LNDG; I TRIED EVERYONE AGAIN. NO LUCK. I DECIDED (ALONE) THAT I COULD NOT FLY AND REFUSED THE REVENUE TRIP AND CALLED THE BASE MGR. HE TOLD ME HE THOUGHT I WAS LEGAL AND TO FLY THE TRIP. I WAS NOT CONVINCED AND SINCE HE IS NOT A CHIEF PLT; HE CANNOT TELL ME TO FLY. THE SCHEDULING DEPT HAS IN THE PAST COMMITTED FRAUD WITH ME. I DO NOT TRUST THEM. SCHEDULING CALLED ME AND WANTED ME TO PART 91 THE AIRPLANE. I INITIALLY SAID NO. AFTER THE DECISION NOT TO FLY PART 91; I GOT HOLD OF SOME RELIEF HELP IN THE FORM OF PLT GROUP. AND AT THAT POINT; I DECIDED TO PART 91 THE AIRPLANE. I HAVE NEVER; ON PURPOSE OR NOT; GNDED AN ACFT JUST TO PUNISH ANYONE AT THE COMPANY. I WAS MAKING THE BEST DECISION I COULD MAKE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE INFO I HAD. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT I HAD A DECISION BY THE FAA HOTLINE THAT SAID I WAS NOT LEGAL TO PERFORM THE MSP FLT. AND I GAVE EVERYONE A GOOD CHANCE TO RESOLVE THE SIT BEFORE THAT TIME. INSTEAD I WAS BULLIED TO TRY TO GET ME TO FLY WHEN I HAD REASON TO BELIEVE THAT I WAS NOT LEGAL.