Originally Posted by
Dr Pepper
I guess I took his question as being released and assigned a trip outside of his original RAP. Are we really in that bad of shape where schedulers don't know something as basic as duty times?
Yes we are since it is a position that requires OJT only. Given the amount of new schedulers hired within the last year, it behooves all of us to know the contract, at least somewhat. Those in CS hired with low or no aviation background find themselves with the firehose of training just to know what they are looking at in CrewTrack, and know its functions. Additionally, they have to know 117, the pilots contract, and the flight attendants contract. Therefore, especially those on reserve, certainly know the limitations and rules because they wont. I've been recently called asking if i could do a pairing, only to tell them that would be 7 plus days in a row--and thats an easy one to see, let alone some of the other contractual rules you may have to look up. Conclusion: make sure you know more than them.