AN A320 PLT IS CONCERNED THAT HE HAS TO USE VACATION TO GET REST BECAUSE SCHEDULING WOULD NOT LET HIM OUT OF A TRIP.

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I HAD TO WORK 7 DAYS IN A ROW; WITH MANY DELAYS AND LATE NIGHT FLYING AND MANY WX DELAYS AND EQUIP PROBS. AT THE END OF THE 5TH DAY; I ENDED UP HAVING TO FLY ANOTHER 2 DAY TRIP DUE TO AN ERROR THAT THE COMPUTER PICKED UP FOR ME. WITHIN 30 SECONDS OF THE PICK-UP OF THE TRIP; CALLED THE CREW DESK AND TOLD THEM THAT THIS WAS AN ERROR BY THE COMPUTER AND I DID WANT TO PICK THE TRIP. THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO; SINCE THIS WAS AN EMBARGO DATE! I TOLD THEM THAT I WOULD LIKE LIKELY END UP WITH A LEGALITY PROB. THEY SAID WE WOULD DEAL WITH IT THEN! I ENDED UP WITH A 30/7 FOR THE TRIP ON JUN/TUE/04. I CALLED THE CREW DESK AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MOST LIKELY THEY WERE GOING TO DROP THE TRIP THAT WAS IN MY LINE FOR JUN/TUE/04 SINCE IT WOULD NOT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE ME FLY 1 LEG AND THEN DEADHEAD ME BACK. I AGREED. WHEN I FINISHED MY TRIP; THE CREW DESK CALLED ME AND TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD CHANGED MY 2 DAY TRIP TO PHL OF JUN/TUE/04 TO ANOTHER TRIP WHICH WOULD LEAVE FROM LAX TO BOS GETTING ME TO BOS AND THEN FLY TO ORD AND THEN LAX; GETTING BACK LATE THE FOLLOWING NIGHT. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE 10TH DAY IN A ROW. I CALLED THE CREW DESK AND BEGGED THEM FOR A DROP. I TOLD THEM I WAS TIRED AND THAT WE WERE NOT ROBOTS. THEY WOULD NOT DROP THE TRIP. I SPOKE TO THE MGR WHO AGREED AND FINALLY DROPPED THE TRIP FOR ME WITH A VACATION DROP. THE PLTS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO USE THEIR VACATION AND SICK LEAVE TO BE ABLE TO REST.