Originally Posted by
UncleSam
Don't know that it will benefit you to do this in most cases. They will just call you at the 3 hr prior point to acknowledge it. You are obligated to check your schedule at least every 9 hours while on long call. If they placed the trip on your line in excess of 12 hours prior, then it is yours.
Sam, just to clarify, you are only required to check your schedule once "between 1500 and 0200" on your last day off before a sequence of RES days and acknowledge an assignment for your first day of RES.
Once on a sequence of days you have no obligation to check your schedule. If scheduling wishes to assign you a trip or SC they must phone your contact numbers and leave a message if you don't answer. You then have 9 hours to acknowledge that contact via computer or phone.
I have had a scheduler fail to contact me about an assignment when I discovered it the report time was only 5 hours away and the scheduler tried to tell me it was my responsibility to have checked my schedule. After explaining I required a legal rest period and pointing out the contract language I finally has to speak with a supervisor who after some discussion finally admitted the mistake and changed the assignment.
Point is, be careful. The contact from scheduling is required from a FAR standpoint to start an assigned legal rest period prior to a trip or SC.