Originally Posted by Biffsteritis

Absolutely spot on! You cannot be notified of schedule changes via ACARS! Initially, I misread this too.

Here’s what the TA actually says:


“A non-reserve Pilot shall be considered available for Reassignment when he is removed from a Sequence (or portion thereof) regardless of whether the flight(s) cancels or operates. “

“all Company initiated changes . . . to a Pilot’s schedule and/or Reserve assignments require Positive Telephone Contact with the Pilot, or electronic self-notification.”

“While a message (including telephone, Company radio, and ACARS, etc.) may be left for a Pilot, the message shall not be considered received, and the Pilot is therefore not considered notified of an assignment, until Positive Telephone Contact with the Pilot has been made or the Pilot has acknowledged the schedule change via the Company’s electronic notification system. “


“The Company reserves the right to install software to manage configuration, Company documents, and Company-provided software on the EFB . . . the Company may elect to provide “ship sets”.”

“A Pilot . . . will respond to notifications, if any, within fifteen (15) minutes after Block In, or completion of duties relating to that flight.”

There’s no requirement for us in the TA to own a mobile phone. We are only required to provide three phone numbers. These could be to a land line. However, the company can easily circumvent the cleaver pilot. Let’s not forget that our requirement to check-in and out is not contractually covered and is instead mandated by VOL I. The company could contractually, as outlined from the TA excerpts above, use our existing crewtrac notification system or install one on our EFB, and require us to check it at check-in, before flight, or after the completion of every flight.