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An air taxi pilot reported questions related to company scheduling procedures and far rest requirements.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1339856 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201603 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Super King Air 200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 33 Flight Crew Total 13845 Flight Crew Type 680 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
This report documents a potential problem with the implementation of the crew 'rest requirement' rule in part 135.267.d. I was called to fly a mission by the company's operation department at [late evening] with a report time [after midnight]. I have been on available status since [midnight] local on [the night before] throughout this period ending [early the next morning]. The operator of this flight has instructed its crews to tell it when it is 'available' to receive phone calls alerting us to new missions. I believe that such time when I am 'available' does not meet the requirements for 'rest' under part 135.267. Therefore this flight might have been accomplished without the required 10 consecutive and pre-designated hours of rest required by 135.267 in the 24-hour period preceding the end of the mission. I also wish to state that at no time was this mission undertaken with a crewmember fatigued or unfit for duty.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An air taxi pilot reported questions related to company scheduling procedures and FAR rest requirements.
Narrative: This report documents a potential problem with the implementation of the crew 'rest requirement' rule in Part 135.267.d. I was called to fly a mission by the company's Operation Department at [late evening] with a report time [after midnight]. I have been on available status since [midnight] local on [the night before] throughout this period ending [early the next morning]. The operator of this flight has instructed its crews to tell it when it is 'available' to receive phone calls alerting us to new missions. I believe that such time when I am 'available' does not meet the requirements for 'rest' under Part 135.267. Therefore this flight might have been accomplished without the required 10 consecutive and pre-designated hours of rest required by 135.267 in the 24-hour period preceding the end of the mission. I also wish to state that at no time was this mission undertaken with a crewmember fatigued or unfit for duty.
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.