Originally Posted by
Alan Shore
They did put this out.
Thanks for putting this out Alan. This is extremely hypocritical as they claim the required ASR/ASAP is for fact finding as to why a FDP extension was required yet they ONLY WANT THIS DATA IF YOU REFUSE THE EXTENSION. Why wouldn't this data also be required if you accepted the extension? It does sound like pilot pushing to me.
(Question not aimed at you Alan)
From the document:
How come I have to explain why I didn’t extend my FDP?
Per FAR 117, FDP extensions should be the exception, not the norm. When an FDP is extended 31 minutes or more, the extension must be reported to the FAA. So when an FDP needs to be extended, something in the system did not work as planned and the report must include the reason and potentially any corrective action. When you are unable to accept an FDP extension that information needs to be collected to determine what happened during your duty period. Under our current procedure the duty pilot asks a set of questions to gather his data, and each pilot submits an ASR (and an ASAP is also recommended). Since we are making a typical operational decision to not accept an FDP extension, flight operations management may ask about the factors surrounding our decision, just as they do with any other factor affecting an operational decision. In the case of an FDP extension issue, there is an underlying need to find out what caused the requirement for an FDP extension and what, needs to be corrected from an operational standpoint.