Originally Posted by
CBreezy
Mostly useful to commuters. Your back up flight can be in those two hours. You basically have to be at the airport when the time ends
Originally Posted by
tennisguru
Correct. And if you are coming off a non-fly day on your first day of LC and they give you a SC that starts between 10 and 18 hours after the start of LC then you don't need a backup flight and your primary flight can come in during that window.
Basically, the non-contactable clause assumes that you are not contactable because you are in an airplane headed to your base during the first two hours. So say you've got 1200 SC, and scheduling wants to call you at 1200 to notify you of a 1415 report. But you are non-contactable because your flight is in the air arriving at 1345. In that instance, when you land, you check your schedule and see the 1415 report, then you are exptect to make that report time because you are basically waiving your SC callout time in lieu of commuting in during part of it. What you can't do is be non-contactable, land at 1345, check your schedule and see the assignment, then say it will take you 2+ hours from that point to report. If, however, you land at 1345 and check your schedule and nothing is on there, then at 1346 scheduling calls to add a 1415 report, you are back on the "promptly available" leash and are not expected to immediately make that report time. In that situation, it is up to each pilot to determine when they will be able to report even though they are at the airport. Maybe it was an early morning flight and they want a nap before starting duty, or need to grab a meal or something. Or if they're ready to roll they can just report on time well less than 2 hours from scheduling notification.
Now there is nothing in the PWA or SRH that prohibits a pilot who lives in base from utilizing the non-contactable clause either even though the intent is for commuters. As I posted above in-base pilots can use it to try to avoid being assigned rotations that report within the first 2 hours of their SC window.
Thanks. The calling to indicate non-contactable the first 2 hours, only works if they haven't already pre-populated a trip in the first two hours on your sched already? (Example, the OP a few pages back, 2pm SC, before SC starts they see this 1430 report on there. The pilot calling at 2pm to indicate non-contact the first two doesn't work in that scenario because CS is just going to inform you of the 1430 report and to do your best?)