Originally Posted by
magro99
What happens if they give you a short call reserve assignment before 1500 base time on the last day off? If I am reading the contract right you have to check at 1500 and if given a short call they can use you as early as 0200 for a 0600 departure (10ish hours rest)? If given a short call after 1500 then you don't answer your phone and you can't be used until later that day. I hope I'm reading it wrong and I can get away from them giving me that short call day one back. Please someone clarify...I read the email from ALPA.
From the way it was explained to me, no duty can occur on the first day of a reserve block before 1000. Requiring us to acknowledge an assignment is a duty, therefore that day off before a reserve block becomes a duty day, affecting FAR 117 legalities. The only way an earlier assignment can occur is if "two way contact" is made by you answering the phone because you answering the phone is voluntary, and as such not a required duty, because you chose to do it, and this is allowed under the FAR.
Originally Posted by MEC Blastmail
6) Impact on Reserve Last Day Off: Because reserves are required to check their schedule on a day off between 1800 and 2359 (20-K-7 as modified by the JIT), this must be accounted for as company-required duty. A one minute duty period will be recorded at midnight of the first day on reserve (interim process pending programming changes that move this time to 1800). Following this one minute of duty, a minimum of 10 hours of rest free from duty is required.
Therefore, a reserve coming off days off is not legal to report for a trip or begin a SC/FSB until 1000 on his first day of reserve unless the crew desk achieves two-way contact (see Important Note below) or the pilot aggressively picks up an assignment. For reserves that are not coming off days off, be sure to consider this limitation and realize pilots on their first day of reserve cannot cover reports prior to 1000 unless they aggressively pick it up. Use caution when evaluating the FIFO list and make sure you consider this restriction on early reports for pilots coming off days off.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If the crew desk calls you on your last day off and achieves positive contact (two-way telephone conversation) they can give you an early SC or trip that departs as early as 0600. If such positive contact is achieved, there is no requirement to enter the 1 minute of duty at midnight but contact must be made at least 10 hours prior to the report or SC/FSB start time.
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