Originally Posted by
Gunfighter
If a pilot is assigned a trip 12 hours prior to the end of their off day, do they have to acknowledge the trip?
The PWA implies the pilot is responsible for ascertaining they have been assigned, so one could assume acknowledgement isn't required. I know under the old PWA failure to acknowledge a trip on the off-day schedule check would trigger a call at the beginning of LC. Under the current PWA language, the pilot is free of contact 24 hours prior which would remove the option for the CS phone call.
Two different things.
You aren't required to acknowledge the trip--but, if you don't want the VRU calling you at midnight, it behooves you to do so. That hasn't changed. The 24 hours free from contact is free from contact
obligation--the company can still attempt to contact you (including one during required rest without interrupting that rest--not an FRMS guy, so there may be a nuance on that point I'm unaware of??).
None of that changes the point that your first obligation to do anything is at 0000 of your first on-call day. That obligation--whether discharged earlier or not--breaks 117 rest.