Originally Posted by
FL370esq
So keep putting in those blanket GS requests because that just helps the case against anyone who might be pressed by their CPO for answering the phone but not accepting the trip.
I will. All day, and twice on weekends and holidays.
Oh....and I'm not sure where your irrelevant diatribe about my "insane fantasy environment" led to pre-blocking a 10 hour rest period for GS (never once mentioned it) but that is not the case. You might want to brush up on FAR 117.25(e). However, blanket GS or not, even in my "insane fantasy environment" the FARs still require 10 hours from release of your last trip till your GS FDP begins. Anything more than 10 hours is gravy and a non-factor.
10 hours from your last trip isn't the issue here. I'm referring to any 10 hour period since you're required to be rested, right? So by that logic, if you put in a blanket request, what you're saying is anytime you call me, not knowing when you'll call me, 24/7, I'm ready for a max duty day. Therefore according to your extreme interpretation, you
must accept any assignment if you answer the phone. Period. Otherwise you get dinged with a missed trip. Roll over in a fog at 2am when you only got to bed at midnight and accidentally answer the phone for a 5am show max duty day? Sorry, you either better do it or you're doing a carpet dance. Your 5 hour time to report for a NYC trip which is normally fine for most hours of the day but they call you during the evening lull in flights and you answer? Dinged for a missed trip! Spouse gets stuck at work unexpectedly before your semi-hourly GS parameters adjustment session and you have no child care? Sorry, you answered so you're screwed. Fire up the systems board cause you're going down for your crimes!
Again, you're wrong. But if you really believe a tenth of what you're trying to convince others of WRT this, then it should be super easy for you to get that jaw dropping game changing declaratory judgement from DALPA that basically says almost all OBGS are contractually illegal, as is any in base GS that you can't promptly report for 24/7, or at least the act of answering the phone makes them illegal. LOL yeah right. We're all waiting on the memo.
Please don't ever run for status rep if that's how you think.