Originally Posted by
VTcharter
At our company, we make every attempt to follow the guidleines to the "t" and err to the conservative side in the grey areas. For example we are only assigned to be on-call for 10 hour periods thoughout the day, after which we are assigned rest for at least nine hours so that we are legal for another full duty period the next day. (10 hours rest for ops under 135.267) That on-call period is "duty time" as we are not free from the constraints of the company and it is not prospectively identified as rest. If I get a call on hour nine of my on-call period, then I can fly, however I only have six hours of duty remaining unless I am on reduced from the rest period before...in which case I would have less.
If you are on call for 10 hours and then get 10 hours rest (under 135.267) it seems like a company would need twice as many pilots to operate. Even then, I can't see how you would keep a plane covered (always ready to go within an hour or two) without even more than that. How exactly does your crew scheduling work? I also wonder how air ambulance operators do it without breaking the regs.