Originally Posted by georgetg

I think you're looking at the wrong aspect of the rule you cite...

The 3-hour prior notification is a result of a rolling 9-hour response time to a notification from scheduling, from When Scheduling Calls:


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This 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).

At any rate an email memo from a Delta SVP can't change our contract.

In reality Delta holds an even larger competitive advantage vs our peers because as Mgmt has pointed out much of what is in 117 matches our current PWA whereas some of our competitive set are being forced to adjust their staffing/scheduling to comply with the new FARs.