Originally Posted by
Jughead135
What about §23.S.9.b.2)?
If I'm departing for that hypothetical 1400 assignment, I'm no longer contactable. The risk involved is that the hypothetical 1005 report gets assigned before I depart, but after I would've had to have left for 1005--but, of course, that close in to my earliest contact time, I'm not worried about that (as Tennis alluded). What we really need is a SC version of §23.S.5.e. (non-contactable during ___ hours prior to scheduled report; I'd suggest 10 as a minimum starting point, aligned with 117 rest). If the company doesn't want SC to be non-contactable, they need merely refrain from pre-posting SC assignments....
If the rotation is not ion your line any more, that sentence cannot apply.
Let me keep it simple for you. Don’t play stupid games trying to over-interpret the PWA.
Commute in for the start of your short call even if you know the assignment reports 4 hours in, because they can remove the assignment and you’re still responsible for your entire short call window
from the start.
The scenario is not “I began my short call and received contact for a assignment that I didn’t know about”
The scenario is “I was assigned short call, and at some point prior to the short call window starting, I received a short call rotation.”
23.S.9.b.: A short call pilot: must be promptly available for contact by Crew Scheduling
during their short call period until the earlier of:
1) the end of the short call period, or
2) their departure to report for an awarded/assigned rotation.
If you’re assigned the short call rotation prior to the window starting, you haven’t met the language (yet). If you’ve ack’d the rotation and you make it to 10 AM… how do you know the rotation is still there?
Also, you’d blow up the whole trip coverage ladder if you did what you propose (“not pre-post short call assignments”). The problem is that pilots are hell bent on looking at their schedules. Let 23.M.6. and 23.N. or O. do the job. When you’re within 18 hours of your SC start time, just de-couple since you’re released from duty.