Originally Posted by
SideStickMonkey
This is the point CX500T and I are trying to get across with this issue: PWA 23.9.b.2.b
In short, if using the 2 hour provision, CS can still award a rotation as early as 2 hours from the start of the SC period. I can't be sitting at home waiting to call CS to switch my contactable status or check my schedule on iCrew for the first at SC +2:01.
Yes, I totally understand that under the provision, a pilot cannot be assigned a trip in the first two hours. There is more to it than that though.
The non-contactable is retractable. You get that, right?
If they assign that trip 1 second before SC even starts, you still have 2 hours to get there. If you check your schedule in iCrew (or call CS)
2 seconds later, you now have 2+ hours, because it
instantly returns you to “promptly available”, AND they must now call you for legal notification. You aren’t waiting until SC+2:01 to accomplish that. 23.S.9.b.2.b is irrelevant in this scenario.
Again, there is literally zero downside, and the only risk is failing to check your schedule 1 second into your Original SC start. If you do that, it’s a no risk exercise.