Reporter required to legally fly more than 30 hours in 7 days.

Attributes
ACN	145975
Time
Date	199005
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw
State Reference	TX
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	other
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 95
ASRS Report	145975
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

In a 6 day period in 5/90 I flew 32:47 hard time. The best information I have is that this is legal only because the latitude 2 legs of this series of flts were dfw-aca-dfw making if fall into international (flag carrier) rules and therefore not limited to 30 hours in 7 days. Every other flight was domestic us although this kind of schedule may meet the letter of the law, I doubt seriously if the far was meant to allow nearly 33 hours in only 6 days just because the last 2 legs went dfw-aca-dfw instead of dfw-ont-dfw. The rules should be changed to preclude this type of abuse.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: REPORTER REQUIRED TO LEGALLY FLY MORE THAN 30 HOURS IN 7 DAYS.

Narrative: IN A 6 DAY PERIOD IN 5/90 I FLEW 32:47 HARD TIME. THE BEST INFO I HAVE IS THAT THIS IS LEGAL ONLY BECAUSE THE LAT 2 LEGS OF THIS SERIES OF FLTS WERE DFW-ACA-DFW MAKING IF FALL INTO INTL (FLAG CARRIER) RULES AND THEREFORE NOT LIMITED TO 30 HRS IN 7 DAYS. EVERY OTHER FLT WAS DOMESTIC U.S. ALTHOUGH THIS KIND OF SCHEDULE MAY MEET THE LETTER OF THE LAW, I DOUBT SERIOUSLY IF THE FAR WAS MEANT TO ALLOW NEARLY 33 HRS IN ONLY 6 DAYS JUST BECAUSE THE LAST 2 LEGS WENT DFW-ACA-DFW INSTEAD OF DFW-ONT-DFW. THE RULES SHOULD BE CHANGED TO PRECLUDE THIS TYPE OF ABUSE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.