Originally Posted by Ragtop Day

I agree that we are still required to check per the PWA, but it brings up a few issues. 1. A check between 1500-2359 must be voluntary as it is on your day off. A morning trip assigned between these times is a gamble for the schedulers. If you don't ack they have no recourse as you have not yet violated the PWA and they may be in a pickle trying to cover the trip last minute. 2. This leaves the only time you are absolutely required to check the period from 0000-0200. If that is considered a requirement from the company, are we required to have a (1 minute??) duty period posted on our schedule with all the baggage that comes with that? If not all checks between this time must also be considered voluntary; therefore making the whole schedule check section essentially void.

This means that the only way the company can assign a trip is to call after 0000. Of course this triggers the catch-22 that you are not required to ack until 3 hrs. prior, but must have the 10 hr rest period.

The only way scheduling could make this work and fully be in compliance without you "volunteering" for anything is to place a small duty period and associated rest on your schedule at the exact time you check between 0000 and 0159.

I think there are a lot of different ways to interpret all this stuff and it will take awhile to get it all sorted out.