Originally Posted by
georgetg
IThis is a legal interpretation of our PWA as provided by the MEC.
At times the PWA and the FARS can be more restrictive, this occurs throughout the PWA in just about any section.
If our current PWA gives us a 9-hour response time to acknowledge a call from scheduling, there is nothing in 117 that precludes that 9-hour response time.
The company is attempting to redefine the response time as 2-hour when on long-call but that is clearly contradictory to the PWA and the guidance provided in WSC.
It is inconvenient for scheduling to have to provide 19 hours notice to a long call pilot but that is the result of the restrictions in the PWA (9 hours to respond/schedule check) and the restrictions in FAR 117 (10 hours rest prior to a report).
Yep. Why does our 9 hour response time go "poof" while the -able to report in 12- remains by default. Seems there would be a required negotiation here.