Originally Posted by
FL370esq
You might want to read the exception to 22.S.7.b which says "[t]he pilot must be able to report for a rotation with a report as early as two hours after the start of the short call period."
Originally Posted by
FL370esq
I guess we will differ on this because I think most people who have been here a while would agree that it is generally accepted that reporting within 2 hours satisfies the requirement to promptly report. It is not a hard and fast number but it is the generally accepted time period which establishes Sailing's "zone of reasonableness." The PWA does not lock us into a specific time (unlike some other airlines which do) and that is a good thing for us However, the exception was drawn from this long-standing accepted practice which is why the PWA exception says 2 hours rather than 1 hour or maybe 3 or 4 hours. However, to keep things consistent, the exception should be intentionally silent as well and merely state the unavailable pilot will promptly report without a stated time period
You are conflating
two totally different things. (For the record, or any NH reading this, you meant to reference
23.S.7.b). That paragraph is talking about one VERY specific circumstance, where you can call CS, and inform them you are "
unavailable for contact during the first two hours of the short call." That is it, period, nothing more. The whole point is so you can be commuting in so as to be
at the airport, and can report
immediately upon the end of those first two hours. If you are
not actively commuting to base in the first two hours of a SC, this provision is totally moot.
But that is totally independent of SC "report time", per se. In ANY other circumstance, "promptly available" is the controlling time frame, be it SC or a Reg GS report, and '2 hours' is nowhere in the conversation. There is intentionally NO written number for what "promptly available" means. If it was, the company
would have to enforce it. While many people throw out '
about 2 hours is generally agreed upon', that is not - repeat NOT - in policy anywhere (which, in fairness, you do state). In LA or NY, 3 hours may well be reasonable due to traffic or co-terminal proximity. Having said that, you will not want to have to explain why it took you much longer than about that. As a general statement (and as you said), if you report 2+01 from contact, you will not be in trouble.
This issue is like whack-a-mole. It keeps coming up, again and again. SC and "2 hours" should never be used in the same sentence, ever - unless that sentence is, "SC is NOT 2 hours".