Originally Posted by UncleSam

This is one of those very convoluted situations. Basically, if they put you on "rest" and don't assign anything in advance of starting "rest", they can't assign you anything that begins before the end of "rest" plus 5 hours. They can give you a trip or assign SC before "rest" starts and have the report immediately after the "rest". If they wait to give you an assignment within 9 hours of the end of "rest", then the report/start must be 12 hrs from the time of the assignment.

Several different contract sections control this and the schedulers don't do a very good job of abiding by it because it is confusing. If you are on "rest" and they call you with any assignment, best to wait until near the end of "rest" or after to call and ask what they are doing. Think of "rest" as your last X day and adjust the times according to when your rest ends. If they start talking about "add-on rest", call the ALPA office and ask for someone in scheduling.

This is my understanding of this issue and I am not a contract guru.