Originally Posted by
gloopy
You are free from ALL duty. No exceptions. Call a different rep. I went through that very thing and eventually got it straightened out. No obligation. They can't just let you go on duty one minute after the rest, with you not knowing what or if you will be working, and then use the time between the end of your rest and the beginning of whatever they give you as retroactive rest. Some pilot pushers in scheduling and some sympathisers in the union think its OK for it to be that way but its not. Call Curtis at ALPA and ALL your reps until you get clarification on this.
Now technically you CAN get a 3PM short call after your mandatory rest ends at 11AM...however you are then on duty from 11AM, since that was when the company expected you to check your schedule. Be very careful using 3PM as your duty day in that case as I can't see how that could possibly be legal if you go past 16 hours after 11AM.
Don't want to argue with anyone, but here's what I was told by SL (Sched Comm Chair) in Dec. 2010. Maybe it's been redefined.
"The only way they can assign you something that starts immediately after your rest is if you were notified of that prior to entering said rest. If you do not have such notification, then the earliest they can give you an assignment would be five hours after rest ends if the assignment was placed on your line prior nine hours before rest ends or 10 hours for SC/12 hours for a rotation if placed after the nine hour point. They can call you all they want during rest and you have absolutely no obligation to answer the phone. Your acknowledgement of an assignment would be three hours before report or two hours before a SC start."
You will note that nowhere does it say you have to check your schedule during the 24 hr of rest, but you could be on the hook as early as 5 hr following the rest.