Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Thank you for the reply. I am somewhat surprised the leash for phone contact is not longer. By requiring immediate contact the company insures under FAR117 that you are not at rest on long call. I assume your system releases you to rest after a notification for a period of time to generate the required rest prior to report.
That is correct, you are not at rest on Long Call. On rare occasions it causes the company some headaches for the required 30hr prospective rest requirement. For individual trips you don’t have issues because the long call out time gives you required rest between callout and show time.