Originally Posted by
JTwift
when they gave you the trip, was it within 12 hours? Reference 20-a-4.
you may have simply gotten a trip that wasn’t part of your SC (which is good for you).
As I understand 20-a-4, after 9 hours from when a Short call period began, but still within 14 hours, the MINIMUM report time is 12 hours.
Reason is you need the rest. Seems pretty basic.
In my case I was notified of an assignment still during the initial 9 hours. The time from notification until report time was 14 hours and 9 minutes.
20-a-4 unless I am not seeing something, has a vacuum of language defining if a case like mine would be considered “used” or “unused”.
Situations like mine happen pretty regularly and my Pay register has been recording them as Unused. Perhaps I am lucky. I think in the spirit of the rule, it should be unused as, in the first 9 hours are on DUTY, after 9 hours YOU ARE NOT ON DUTY, and as such you were “unused” during your duty period.