I've heard that the company is denying that they are pulling crew from short haul and the simulator to operate to LA YVR and YYZ. Simply because they have no records of such occurrences .
Great! don't keep records and it didn't happen.
I do not know what the legalities of this are , but if I arrive at work expecting to do a TPE split duty or simulator duty ending at 11pm I do not make provision for pre flight rest. To then find that you have been ordered to operate a long haul flight is as I read it in contravention of Vol 1 4.6 which states
"All crew members shall make optimum use of the opportunities and facilities for rest provided, and plan and use their rest periods properly. Crew members must recognise that the responsibility for being sufficiently rested before undertaking a flying duty remains entirely with the individual"
Well unless you are psychic it's impossible to comply with the above requirements. It's also the company's requirement to prepare duty rosters sufficiently in advance to provide the opportunity for crews to plan adequate pre-duty rest. I do not consider 20 minutes as suitable notification.
Yet again it begs the question why are the CAD, who are supposed to be the enforcers of the laws of HK doing nothing about the breaches that occur on a daily basis.? I do not have an answer so I'm afraid that you will have to draw your own conclusions on this