Originally Posted by Dash8widget

So far, much of the focus has been on long call assignments - I was just pointing out that a similar conflict exists for conversion to short call as well. If a pilot elects to use the PWA minimum acknowledgement for assignment to short call, he would never be able to actually sit short call. Or, at the very least, his short call start time would be pushed back a minimum of 9 hours.
A pilot could use this to fine tune their SC periods. Let's say that they assign you a 0400 SC period, and you would rather have a 1000 SC call. Well, just call scheduling at 2400 (well outside the 1 hour PWA minimum) to acknowledge the SC assignment and be sure to remind them that you won't be legal to actually start your short call for at least 10 hours.

I'm happy to see ALPA taking a hard stand on this. The problem is, even if ALPA fights through the whole grievance process on this, there is no guarantee they would win. Though the 117 conflicts don't actually make our contract illegal, they do make it unworkable. There must be some legal precedence already established in case law. I just wonder whom it would favor, the company, or the pilots?