Brakey wrote:Now would that count as limbo time if by deadheading I am driving myself in my POV?
Our safety/rules guy who does all of our tests says the 10 hour work, 1 hour each way travel time.
Brakey, if that’s how he wants to word it, that’s fine, at least it works to your advantage & it’s within the law. The company outright denying you a deadhead on the 6th day is just wrong. So far as I’ve understood it, the law of the land is that regardless whether you’re taxied or driving your personal auto, the drive to/from is not considered performing duty, so you can do so beyond the 12 hour mark. And the only reason the drive to is counted into your HOS is because it’s in excess of your normal commuting distance, which might affect your fatigue factor on the job.
It’s really no different if you worked off the Grand Rapids extra board, and you got called for the local in Holland. Class I or Class III, the rules are no different here.
The only exception, unrelated to this, would be using a company vehicle. When driving a company vehicle, you ARE performing service, and you must be to your point of tieup within your 12 hours, otherwise, any service over 12 hours must be voluntary (and who wants to work for free, right?).
CSX_CO, you’re right, I got a chance to read into that waiver thing. That’s a mess, glad they can’t do it to the big dogs (yet). Granted, it doesn’t have as much to do with their start time as it does the hours they work. For instance, if the company bids a job at 1159 M-Sa, if that crew works 12:02 to put them on the clock after midnight, they can not work the 6th start at all. I honestly wish the Fed would give a deeper look into some of these bigger Class III's and realize they don’t need to work their men 6 days per week in order to provide ample service, rather they just need to hire more people. The bigger the operation, all they need is to increase their manpower. Some people, especially those of us with enough seniority to hold a regular turn, are content with 5 days per week. I value my “weekends" off, even if I only have W-Th right now. Only smaller routes like that Adrian & Blissfield should benefit from the waiver, as I’m sure they probably have much of an extra board, or even a need for one.