An air carrier large transport crew was conned into flying over 8 in 24 by their crew schedulers.

Attributes
ACN	236975
Time
Date	199303
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bos
State Reference	MA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	236975
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On mar/sun/93, I was originally scheduled to fly a positioning flight from mia to cun. When arriving in cun our crew was advised that we would have to pick up additional legs (cun/bosecond officerrm/pbi) because the original crew was running 4 hours late and all the other crews in cun were illegal. The 3 crew members did as requested. The question of going illegal was brought up in a discussion in the cockpit on the first leg. After arriving in boston, the captain called our dispatch to express his concern. We were advised that we were legal because we were not scheduled for these legs. After returning home to mia and the following day, we were advised that the last leg was illegal because we went over 8 in 24 scheduled flight hours. Going illegal was inadvertent and not done on purpose in any way. A lesson was learned and it shall not happen again. I will be careful and not rely on other people.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR LGT CREW WAS CONNED INTO FLYING OVER 8 IN 24 BY THEIR CREW SCHEDULERS.

Narrative: ON MAR/SUN/93, I WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO FLY A POSITIONING FLT FROM MIA TO CUN. WHEN ARRIVING IN CUN OUR CREW WAS ADVISED THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PICK UP ADDITIONAL LEGS (CUN/BOS/ORM/PBI) BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL CREW WAS RUNNING 4 HRS LATE AND ALL THE OTHER CREWS IN CUN WERE ILLEGAL. THE 3 CREW MEMBERS DID AS REQUESTED. THE QUESTION OF GOING ILLEGAL WAS BROUGHT UP IN A DISCUSSION IN THE COCKPIT ON THE FIRST LEG. AFTER ARRIVING IN BOSTON, THE CAPT CALLED OUR DISPATCH TO EXPRESS HIS CONCERN. WE WERE ADVISED THAT WE WERE LEGAL BECAUSE WE WERE NOT SCHEDULED FOR THESE LEGS. AFTER RETURNING HOME TO MIA AND THE FOLLOWING DAY, WE WERE ADVISED THAT THE LAST LEG WAS ILLEGAL BECAUSE WE WENT OVER 8 IN 24 SCHEDULED FLT HRS. GOING ILLEGAL WAS INADVERTENT AND NOT DONE ON PURPOSE IN ANY WAY. A LESSON WAS LEARNED AND IT SHALL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. I WILL BE CAREFUL AND NOT RELY ON OTHER PEOPLE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.