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Air carrier pilot reports scheduling changing the crews' report time in the computer to not reflect a limo into the first flight; in order to allow the crew to fly the last flight of the day within duty limits. The crew detects the 'error' and the last flight is refused.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1229468 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201501 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR |
Narrative:
After a 15-hour day; crew scheduling changed our report time to a later time; and gives us our legalities based off of the incorrect time. The time that crew scheduling gave us did not make sense; and due to delays with aircraft boarding we were not even going to make the later incorrect time. I told the schedulers that my calculations had us past our contractual time and that I would not be flying the last leg. After deadheading on the last leg and finally gaining access to a computer; I looked at the trip in company scheduling system; and noticed that they had changed the report time. I notified crew scheduling and they put in a limo time to change the report time back to the actual report time. After a very long day; it is challenging enough to figure out the legalities with the new far 117 rules; and then to have the schedulers illegally change the report time and base your legalities off of the changed time makes it that much more difficult. In talking to other pilots in the lounge; they said that similar events had happened to them. I am concerned that this is an ongoing problem with scheduling. I believe if this type of behavior is not corrected then it will end up catastrophically. Crews need to be very cognizant of their legalities and realize that even though scheduling is supposed to back them up on their legalities; sometimes; when they need it the most; scheduling can be their worst enemies and put them into an illegal situation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air Carrier pilot reports scheduling changing the crews' report time in the computer to not reflect a limo into the first flight; in order to allow the crew to fly the last flight of the day within duty limits. The crew detects the 'error' and the last flight is refused.
Narrative: After a 15-hour day; Crew Scheduling changed our report time to a later time; and gives us our legalities based off of the incorrect time. The time that Crew Scheduling gave us did not make sense; and due to delays with aircraft boarding we were not even going to make the later incorrect time. I told the Schedulers that my calculations had us past our contractual time and that I would not be flying the last leg. After deadheading on the last leg and finally gaining access to a computer; I looked at the trip in Company Scheduling system; and noticed that they had changed the report time. I notified Crew Scheduling and they put in a limo time to change the report time back to the actual report time. After a very long day; it is challenging enough to figure out the legalities with the new FAR 117 rules; and then to have the Schedulers illegally change the report time and base your legalities off of the changed time makes it that much more difficult. In talking to other Pilots in the lounge; they said that similar events had happened to them. I am concerned that this is an ongoing problem with Scheduling. I believe if this type of behavior is not corrected then it will end up catastrophically. Crews need to be very cognizant of their legalities and realize that even though Scheduling is supposed to back them up on their legalities; sometimes; when they need it the most; Scheduling can be their worst enemies and put them into an illegal situation.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.