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That exact situation happened to us the other day. We reported to the airport at 5:30am. The airplane had come in broke and was posting an 11:00am departure (which they new about the night before). Of course the part didn't arrive in time and we ended up leaving at 1:00pm. Had they did the one call notify, we could have all slept in. Shown up around 10am and flown are day as scheduled. However, having not notified us, we timed out when we arrived in Atlanta and had to DH back to base.
Whoa there. That is actually not correct. From the Part 117 Clarification document Section II.G i:
A number of commenters also asked whether FDP start time of a flightcrew member could be delayed by notifying that flightcrew member of the delay before beginning his/her FDP.
In the preamble to the final flight, duty, and rest rule, the FAA stated that ‘‘FDP limits are determined by scheduled reporting time and not by actual reporting time.’’ The scheduled reporting time for an FDP is created once that FDP has been assigned to a flightcrew member. In order to change this scheduled reporting time, the flightcrew member would have to be shifted into either long-call or short-call reserve for the pertinent FDP.
If long-call reserve is used to change the FDP start time, the flightcrew member would have to be provided proper notification of the change to the previously-scheduled FDP. Pursuant to the definition of long-call reserve in § 117.3, a flightcrew member on long- call reserve must be notified of the change to FDP start time before he or she begins the rest period specified in § 117.25. In addition, if the FDP infringes on the window of circadian low (WOCL), § 117.21(d) requires that the flightcrew member receive a 12-hour notice of the change to the FDP start time.
If short-call reserve is used to change the FDP start time, the flightcrew member would have to be placed on short-call reserve at the time that his FDP was originally scheduled to begin. In that scenario, instead of beginning an FDP at the originally-scheduled start time, the flightcrew member would simply begin his reserve availability period (RAP) pursuant to § 117.21. The FAA emphasizes that if an FDP start time is not changed pursuant to the long-call or short-call reserve provisions of § 117.21, then the FDP begins at the time that it was originally scheduled to begin.
Clear as mud? There would have been more flexibility for you if they used short call reserve but a pilot's contract may not allow for that. Either way your clock starts ticking at the scheduled FDP start time(either Table B or Table +4 hours applied to the beginning of the RAP).