Air taxi captain complains of qualification of assigned copilot.

Attributes
ACN	468830
Time
Date	200004
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bng.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR Combined VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 250
ASRS Report	468830
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

First officer was taken out of rotation schedule. He only had 9 hours 2 mins rest. Was not advised that first officer was out of rotation. First officer brought in remedial training given by safety officer and duty officer. Captain will always be advised by first officer of last flight and completion of last duty day. Also will be advised when ordered to fly if first officer is out of rotation. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter said in callback that the first officer was new out of training and was not up to speed on the rest and duty time rules. His company has put a system in place that has corrected the problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AIR TAXI CAPT COMPLAINS OF QUALIFICATION OF ASSIGNED COPLT.

Narrative: FO WAS TAKEN OUT OF ROTATION SCHEDULE. HE ONLY HAD 9 HRS 2 MINS REST. WAS NOT ADVISED THAT FO WAS OUT OF ROTATION. FO BROUGHT IN REMEDIAL TRAINING GIVEN BY SAFETY OFFICER AND DUTY OFFICER. CAPT WILL ALWAYS BE ADVISED BY FO OF LAST FLT AND COMPLETION OF LAST DUTY DAY. ALSO WILL BE ADVISED WHEN ORDERED TO FLY IF FO IS OUT OF ROTATION. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID IN CALLBACK THAT THE FO WAS NEW OUT OF TRAINING AND WAS NOT UP TO SPD ON THE REST AND DUTY TIME RULES. HIS COMPANY HAS PUT A SYS IN PLACE THAT HAS CORRECTED THE PROB.

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.