Originally Posted by
gloopy
That's fine if that's where this is headed. But the magic memo in question pretends we are on a 2 hour fantasy leash starting from the beginning of long call to preserve the staffing neutral pipe dream of 12 hour long call in an extremely creative way. No one is saying all pilots should acknowledge all assigments 3 hours prior and therefore go illegal. But no pilot is on a 2 hour long call leash either because that simply doesn't exist.
We are under no obligation whatsoever to schedule check or acknlwledge while on a day off. Never were. And there simply is no such thing as a 2 hour long call leash. The company refusing to negotiate to solve this because they're stuck in their fantasy world of pretend 117 staffing neutral models in no way creates a mandate to unilaterally rewrite our contract and impose what would be a pretty huge concession (2 hour LC leash). Hopefully this is fixed soon. But until then there is a contract fully in place.
Very good synopsis.
We cannot wait until 3 hours prior to show to acknowledge, and fly the trip under Part 117.
So, I can clearly not drink from the cup in front of me.
OTOH, we (probably) don't have an obligation to acknowledge an assignment within 2 hours of contact.
So, I can clearly not drink from the cup in front of you.
Moral of the story: don't get involved in land wars in Southeast Asia, and don't get into a battle of wits with SD.