Denny Crane

Mostly this^^^^^^^^. I believe technically you are not on duty but the key here is you are NOT on rest.

Gloopy,

You are correct in that you don't have to answer your phone right away but.....you still start your reserve long call obligation at 0001 and hence are not on rest.

Denny

Speed Select

Can the Dawgs stop Bama? Gonna be a good one.

overspeed

You must be available for contact by Crew Scheduling at anytime while on long call. So, a single day off ends at 2359. While, what Sailing said is true in practice, that’s not what the contract says. You are also not required to check your schedule on a day off, however, you are expected to self-acknowledge an assignment on your first on-call day.

Klondike Bear

I think it will be a good game. Hopefully the Bama that played the first half of the Iron Bowl shows up. The second half Bama will beat UGA. Whoever wins it will be high scoring.

My prediction is Rednecks 52 leg humpers 45

Baradium

Under long call reserve, you are required to be notified of the duty period prior to beginning the rest required before starting it. The current practice is that you are considered to be notified when the company attempts contact (or if assigned early enough to have self notified at midnight). This is a notification requirement imposed by the company regardless of how easy they are trying to make it.



8900.1 Vol. 3 Ch. 58 Sec. 2, Understanding and Applying Part 117
"O. Long-Call Reserve. Long-call reserve means that, prior to beginning the rest period required by § 117.25, the flightcrew member is notified by the certificate holder to report for a flight duty period following the completion of the rest period."

I'm not taking the question personally. I do admit some exasperation in having to try to explain the FAA definition of obligation to you though. Regardless of how you think it should be, the FAA says it isn't unbroken rest.

Gunfighter

This should clarify it for you.
furthermore from 23.S.3.d.2.b)
If you are on call, it does not count as rest. You also have an obligation to check you schedule on an X day. Bottom line, no matter how sympathetic you are to the company and crew scheduling, a single X day does not provide 30 hours of prospective rest. You must have additional time specifically designated as rest on your schedule.

Gunfighter

Thanks for the correction.

UGBSM

And in a slight twist away from the reserve discussion... am I even required to have a phone at all?

I mean a cell phone and I'm on duty, that is, during a rotation.

For example, I'm on a 3 hour sit in between assigned flights and crew tracking decides they want to try to use me like an airport standby ready reserve. So they start blowing up my phone with re-route messages and CNO notifications.

But I'm asleep in the crew lounge with my ringer off or the phone turned off. Or maybe the battery is dead. Or I forgot and left it at home. Or maybe I don't even own a cell phone.

What exactly is my contactability obligation? Am I supposed to contstantly check my schedule.... just in case? What about during IROPS?

crewdawg

If you're on a trip or airport sit, you're not required to answer your phone at all.

sailingfun

You have no obligation at all.