Originally Posted by
StartngOvr
Here's one that's got me wondering. Pretty sure I need a call from a scheduler but want to compare notes before advising them.
SC on Monday 0530-1130. Monday at 1125 phone rings with CNO robocall awarding SC 0530-1130 for Tuesday morning. I ack the SC award. At 1131/Monday I revert to long call. No notification is made for a rest period prior to the SC RAP on Tuesday morning. Not even via CNO, let a alone a human scheduler.
My understanding is that a call placing rest via a human is required since I am in an on call status, correct?
Contractual rest periods do not require notification from scheduling. Any time you are assigned a rotation or SC, the PWA specifies that a reserve pilot is free from obligation to the company (in other words, in rest) immediately prior to report (18 hours for SC, 18-24 for a rotation depending on how far out it is awarded). The same rules apply on your last reserve day going into a golden X day or vacation day where contractually you are released from LC at 0600 or SC at 1200. No notification is required since you are suppoed to know the PWA and know that you automatically go into rest. On the other hand, going into a non-golden X day any rest assigned prior to LC ending at midnight requires a call from a scheduler. Or CQ, which generates 9 guaranteed hours of rest immediately afterwards.
So in effect, the only rest that scheduling is required to notify you of via a call from a live scheduler is rest not assiciated with any rotation, SC, or training. Or if they need to give you more than the PWA required rest leading up to an assignment in order to reset your 30/168.