First officer report on his captain who had elected to waive the company rules for a longer layover that night. Captain went by the far, with shorter rest requirements.

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Attributes
ACN	405930
Time
Date	199806
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bna
State Reference	TN
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	405930
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Captain elected to waive company rules on minimum overnight. Captain believes far minimum rest regulations apply, not company rules, which require longer rest break.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FO RPT ON HIS CAPT WHO HAD ELECTED TO WAIVE THE COMPANY RULES FOR A LONGER LAYOVER THAT NIGHT. CAPT WENT BY THE FAR, WITH SHORTER REST REQUIREMENTS.

Narrative: CAPT ELECTED TO WAIVE COMPANY RULES ON MINIMUM OVERNIGHT. CAPT BELIEVES FAR MINIMUM REST REGS APPLY, NOT COMPANY RULES, WHICH REQUIRE LONGER REST BREAK.

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.