Originally Posted by
rvr350
You are responsible for the trip assigned to you when they leave you the voice mail. However, you have to acknowledge no later than 3 hours prior to show.
6. A long call pilot who is assigned a rotation or converted to short call:
a. prior to release from a rotation, must acknowledge such assignment or conversion
prior to release.
b. via telephone contact or electronic placement on his schedule on his last non-fly day
(other than a vacation day) before an on-call day, must acknowledge such assignment
or conversion no later than:
1) three hours before the scheduled report of the rotation, or
2) one hour before the scheduled start of the short call period.
I've always been a little confused about that 3 hour thing... Is that for you to acknowledge that they put it on your schedule?? Ie. if they give you an assignment in the middle of the night for 12 hours later, are they going to call you or just put it on your schedule and you have to acknowledge within 3 hours of show? Obviously you can see how not getting a call can hose you when you wake up and check your schedule.