AN ACR PLT IS PRESSURED BY HIS COMPANY CREW SCHEDULING DEPARTMENT TO EXCEED FAR FLT TIME LIMITATIONS RELATIVE TO FLYING OVER 30 HRS IN 7 DAYS.

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I RECEIVED NOTIFICATION WHILE I WAS ON RESERVE ABOUT A 4-DAY TRIP THAT WAS TO BEGIN TWO DAYS LATER. THE 4-DAY TRIP WAS WORTH 25:03. I ALREADY HAD A 2-DAY TRIP ON MY SCHEDULE AS A LINE HOLDER FOR THE MONTH. THIS TRIP WAS WORTH 9:05. THOSE TWO TRIPS ARE ALL IN A CONSECUTIVE 7-DAY PERIOD WHICH PUT ME AT A SCHEDULED 34:08. IN OTHER WORDS; CREW SCHEDULING ASSIGNED ME A TRIP ON RESERVE KNOWING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE TO CANCEL MY ALREADY-AWARDED 2-DAY TRIP AS A LINE HOLDER. I CAUGHT THIS PROB ON THE LAST DAY OF MY 4 DAY TRIP ASSIGNED BY CREW SCHEDULING. I CALLED THEM RIGHT AWAY AND THEN CANCELLED THE FIRST DAY OF MY UPCOMING 2 DAY TRIP AND LEFT ME ON MY SECOND DAY BY DEADHEADING ME TO PICK IT UP. THIS WAS FINE. HOWEVER; THAT LAST DAY OF THE 4 DAY TRIP I OVERBLOCKED SO MUCH THAT EVEN THE LAST DAY OF MY TRIP WOULD EXCEED 30 HRS IN 7 DAYS. THE KICKER IS THAT THE TIMES WERE ENTERED INTO THE COMPUTER WRONG INDICATING THAT ME FLYING THE ENTIRE LAST DAY OF THE TRIP WOULD BE LEGAL. FROM THE TIMES THAT I KEEP MYSELF; AND I EVEN CONFIRMED ALL OF THEM WITH MY CAPT; THE TRIP WOULD TAKE ME OVER THE 30/7 LIMITATION BY 8 MINS. THEY SAID I WAS BLOCKED AT 29:57; BUT I REALLY BLOCKED 30:02. THE FLT WITH WRONG TIMES WAS THE LAST FLT OF THE PAIRING; WHICH WAS MARKED OUT OF THE GATE 5 MINS AFTER THE ACTUAL TIME. I CALLED CREW SCHEDULING AND TALKED WITH THE COORD. SHE TOLD ME THAT I WAS FINE AND TO ACCEPT THE TRIP. I TOLD HER THAT THE TIMES WERE WRONG IN HER COMPUTER SYSTEM AND THAT I WAS ILLEGAL TO TAKE THE TRIP. SHE TOLD ME THAT I WAS FINE AND I WAS TO TAKE THE TRIP. I TOLD HER THAT I AM SORRY SHE HAD THE WRONG TIMES; BUT I ACTUALLY FLEW MORE THAN WHAT WAS INDICATED IN HER COMPUTER AND THAT I AM NOT LEGAL PER FAR'S TO ACCEPT THE TRIP. SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS MARKING ME DOWN AS 'UNAVAILABLE.' I TOLD HER I WAS VERY AVAILABLE FOR HER; BUT THAT SHE JUST HAD TO ASSIGN ME SOMETHING LEGAL. SHE BEGAN TO RAISE HER VOICE AT ME AND TOLD ME I WAS CONTRADICTING MYSELF. I ASKED TO SPEAK WITH A SUPVR; BUT HE WAS IN A MEETING AT THE TIME. I LEFT A MESSAGE. I AM ANGRY FOR TWO REASONS. FIRST; CREW SCHEDULING SCHEDULED ME FOR A PAIRING WHICH MADE ME ILLEGAL TO FLY MY ALREADY AWARDED PAIRING AS A LINE HOLDER. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. I WISH I WOULD HAVE CAUGHT THE MISTAKE BEFORE I ACCEPTED THE TRIP; BUT THEY NOTIFIED ME ON MY CELL PHONE WHEN I WAS NOT NEAR A COMPUTER. I DID NOT ASK SPECIFICALLY ASK EITHER IF IT WAS GOING TO CANCEL ANY OF MY ALREADY AWARDED LINES; WHICH I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO ANYWAY SECONDLY; I FIND IT UNACCEPTABLE THAT CREW SCHEDULING THREATENS ME WITH AN 'UNAVAILABLE' STATUS WHEN I AM CLRLY TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM TO CORRECT AN FAR ISSUE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE THREATENED ME WITH THIS STATUS WHEN I AM PERFECTLY WILLING TO ACCEPT ANYTHING LEGAL THEY HAVE TO OFFER ME. I AM TIRED OF BEING ANTAGONIZED AND FEEL THIS ATTITUDE CREW SCHEDULING FLAUNTS SHOULD CEASE.