part 135 duty and travel
OK, here's my story. I'm a part 135 pilot for an on demand operator. Recently my owner expanded ops to a second city, that is staffed by flying pilots in on as need basis. My boss will often fly a pilot in the home city for several hours and then use commercial airlines to transport to the second city for flights the following day. These commercial flights are scheduled by my operator, often exceed the 14 hour limit for duty and will result in 15 to 18 hours of work. 10 hours of rest is provided before resuming duties the next day. I guess the basic question is, does the travel from the primary city to the secondary city count as duty time? My boss claims that it is not( of course) and I tend to think it does count due to the "travel not local in nature" statement in the regs.
let me her your thoughts on the situation and any links to official documentation would be helpful.