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Captain reported that company dgs [docking guidance system] system is not recording flight time correctly for far compliance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1670879 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LAX.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A330 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
The dgs [docking guidance system] system (the not recording an out time until the aircraft moves part) is new at lax. Even newer at gate xxb; our gate. Today we released brakes at 51 and started pushing immediately. The system is supposed to record an out time when the aircraft moves. That would be X51 local; X52 at the very latest. But it showed an out time of X58! Pay wasn't a factor here as we arrived at ZZZ early. But flight time is. I realize that cheating the flight crews out of pay isn't an far violation. But lying about the flight time is a direct violation of far 117. This flight time was recorded at least 6 minutes; maybe 7 minutes short of what it actually was. Once again; a direct violation of far 117. Even though I can't speak for all of the gates; if the company is lying about every flights time by 6-7 minutes that could be a serious far flight time violation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Captain reported that Company DGS [Docking Guidance System] system is not recording flight time correctly for FAR compliance.
Narrative: The DGS [Docking Guidance System] system (the not recording an out time until the aircraft moves part) is new at LAX. Even newer at Gate XXB; our gate. Today we released brakes at 51 and started pushing immediately. The system is supposed to record an out time when the aircraft moves. That would be X51 local; X52 at the very latest. But it showed an out time of X58! Pay wasn't a factor here as we arrived at ZZZ early. But flight time is. I realize that cheating the flight crews out of pay isn't an FAR violation. But lying about the flight time is a direct violation of FAR 117. This flight time was recorded at least 6 minutes; maybe 7 minutes short of what it actually was. Once again; a direct violation of FAR 117. Even though I can't speak for all of the gates; if the company is lying about every flights time by 6-7 minutes that could be a serious FAR flight time violation.
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.