Originally Posted by
NWA320pilot
I was just wondering how much heads up they are required to give for a short call assignment.......
Depends. If you are coming off an X day it must be assigned by 1500 local base time. You don't have to acknowledge it until 3 hours before it begins so the earliest you would have to acknowledge a SC coming off an X day would be 0200 for a 0500 SC. Now my experience has been that it will be assigned by the 0700-1500 shift, & if you haven't acknowledged it by the time the 1500-2300 shift comes in they will call you to inform you of your SC assignment.
Now, if you're on Long Call they need 10 hours to convert you, however you can use the 1st 2 hours of said SC to commute so really you get 12 hours.
If you are coming off a 24/7 FAR rest day it is treated just like an X day. In this case it can be put on your schedule by 1500 and can start as early as 5 hours AFTER your rest ends.
Clear as mud??
