At 0300 the company determines that due to a known delay they want to delay a pilot’s 0700 report time until 1100 for a Basic unaugmented FDP. Note that without a soft start, his FDP would begin at 0700 and yield a Table B limit of 14 hours, which would require the FDP end by 2100.
At 0300 the company successfully reaches the pilot and advises him of their intent to “soft start” the FDP. The original 0700 report time for that FDP is now treated as the RAP start time, with a new 1100 report time. To calculate the correct RAP+FDP limit for that day, you must follow these steps.
In this example from the above linked document:
Can someone explain to me why the RAP starts at 0700 from the soft start vs 0300 when the company contacted and was acknowledged by the pilot? Doesn't the company calling you interrupt the rest period?