Originally Posted by
gloopy
What are you talking about? Do you think your rest ends at 23:59 (assuming a single X day for example)? Because there is no "mandatory notification" at 00:00. You can't get anything before 10AM on your first day on. Period. And there is no obligation to even have your phone on during that time. Period. You are 100% free from any and all obligations. That's how I understand it and how it was explained to me by literally everyone (company schedulers, union reps and DALPA scheduling ninjas, etc). You can, at your leisure, check your schedule anytime, but a single X day is always at least 34 hours off. If that's not the case and your version is correct, then we have a lot of pilots flying illegally.
I'm pretty sure this isn't correct, because you're phone liable at midnight so you're not technically at rest. Hence the minimum of 10 (12 contractually) hours from notification to the beginning of your FDP. A lot of times you might end up having 30+ hours of rest, but if you didn't know in advance, then it doesn't count as far as 117 is concerned.
When I've been on reserve and had one X day in the middle of a lot of on call days, scheduling has usually specifically altered my start time coming off the X day to give me a complete 30hrs off (they do this before your X day starts).
Edit: exactly what Baradium beat me to saying.