Originally Posted by
johnso29
Ok guys,
Just looking for some clarification. I want to make sure I'm interpreting this correctly.
Section 12 G. Break in Duty
4)When a domestic category pilot (or an international category pilot flying in domestic operations) is at his base, a period of at least nine hours (release to report) is required to constitute a break-in-duty.
So, I start SC and receive a turn. I finish the turn, check my schedule and see nothing on it. The time is 2000Z. I am now on rest for 9 hours, and LC will start at 0500Z, correct?
And to go further, the earliest I can be assigned another pattern on LC would be 1700Z? (Assuming I wasn't assigned another pattern at release that would terminate inside my max allowable duty)
Or, is the 9hrs rest + 3 hrs to commute = 12 hours LC? Does LC start right after I'm released??
Thanks in advance
Reference TWG Notepad 09-10 (Check Crew Awareness Bulletin 09-12 as well)
Long Call
A reserve pilot on an on-call day who is not assigned short call is automatically on long call.
Crew Scheduling will attempt to notify (via a phone call) a long call pilot of a rotation, short call period or rest period that has been placed on his schedule (see Required Schedule Checks below for exceptions to this). The pilot must acknowledge this assignment:
• no later than three hours prior to scheduled report for a rotation,
• no later than one hour prior to scheduled start of a short call period, or
• no later than six hours after the start of a rest period. (See Section 23 S.. g. and 6.b.)
He can acknowledge the assignment via DBMS, a phone call to Crew Scheduling, or via VRU. If a pilot acknowledges his assignment/award via DBMS or VRU, Crew Scheduling will not contact the pilot by phone.
A duty free period (free of responsibility for contact) will begin 12 hours prior to report for a rotation, and 10 hours prior to the start of a short call period.
As long as a pilot is contactable via at least one of the numbers listed in DBMS, then he will not have to check his schedule during routine long call days. As long as Crew Scheduling has not called one of those numbers, his 12-hour leash is always pushing out in front of the current time.
If a long call pilot desires to be out of contact entirely for periods of time (sleeping without interruption, golfing without a cell phone, etc.), then he must check his schedule (or messages) at least every nine hours. This ensures that he can acknowledge no later than three hours prior to any rotation, one hour prior to start of a short call or six hours after the start of a rest period that might have been assigned while he was out of contact.
A long call pilot will be released automatically at 1200 base time prior to a hard non-fly day (i.e., Golden X-day, MLOA, PD, APD, vacation). A long call pilot may be released at 1200 base time prior to a soft non-fly day (i.e., X-day, regular-line day off) with Crew Scheduling’s concurrence.