B727 first officer had company crew desk alter times so that he would be legal for the next day's fl...

Attributes
ACN	406990
Time
Date	199807
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zma
State Reference	FL
Altitude	msl bound lower : 33000 msl bound upper : 33000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zma
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 57 flight time total : 2400 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	406990
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Inadvertently flew more than 8 hours in 24 hours due to misleading information from company scheduling/dispatch. Company reported departure time change sufficient to compensate for previous day's flts and hours flown. Without checking my logs aircraft departed. In cruise, discussion with crew members, we discovered our error. Aircraft departed approximately 2 hours before/prior to times being reset. Corrective action will be to further review/understand the complicated FARS regarding flight/duty time, better control of times on my behalf to protect myself from the company scheduler/dispatch misleading information in attempting to move aircraft. Flight duty times should be standardized for flag/domestic supplemental carriers to avoid misunderstanding by flcs who have operated in both environments. Additionally, scheduling and dispatch should be held accountable or should help crews versus misleading them to meet their objectives, thereby reducing pressure on flcs to make hasty decisions on flight/duty time on short notice.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 FO HAD COMPANY CREW DESK ALTER TIMES SO THAT HE WOULD BE LEGAL FOR THE NEXT DAY'S FLYING.

Narrative: INADVERTENTLY FLEW MORE THAN 8 HRS IN 24 HRS DUE TO MISLEADING INFO FROM COMPANY SCHEDULING/DISPATCH. COMPANY RPTED DEP TIME CHANGE SUFFICIENT TO COMPENSATE FOR PREVIOUS DAY'S FLTS AND HRS FLOWN. WITHOUT CHKING MY LOGS ACFT DEPARTED. IN CRUISE, DISCUSSION WITH CREW MEMBERS, WE DISCOVERED OUR ERROR. ACFT DEPARTED APPROX 2 HRS BEFORE/PRIOR TO TIMES BEING RESET. CORRECTIVE ACTION WILL BE TO FURTHER REVIEW/UNDERSTAND THE COMPLICATED FARS REGARDING FLT/DUTY TIME, BETTER CTL OF TIMES ON MY BEHALF TO PROTECT MYSELF FROM THE COMPANY SCHEDULER/DISPATCH MISLEADING INFO IN ATTEMPTING TO MOVE ACFT. FLT DUTY TIMES SHOULD BE STANDARDIZED FOR FLAG/DOMESTIC SUPPLEMENTAL CARRIERS TO AVOID MISUNDERSTANDING BY FLCS WHO HAVE OPERATED IN BOTH ENVIRONMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, SCHEDULING AND DISPATCH SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE OR SHOULD HELP CREWS VERSUS MISLEADING THEM TO MEET THEIR OBJECTIVES, THEREBY REDUCING PRESSURE ON FLCS TO MAKE HASTY DECISIONS ON FLT/DUTY TIME ON SHORT NOTICE.

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.

B727 first officer had company crew desk alter times so that he would be legal for the next day's flying.