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A B727-200 was dispatched in non compliance with the first officer's and flight engineer's flight time exceeding 8 hours in a 24 hour period.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 489960 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200010 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : aus.airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 4900 flight time type : 1700 |
| ASRS Report | 489960 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb other other : person 3 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Company |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Upon landing after a part 121 domestic flight from aus-elp, crew scheduling called to inform me that my first officer and flight engineer had departed aus after exceeding 8 hours flight time in a 24 hour period. Although I (captain) was legal, my first officer and flight engineer were not. There was some confusion of the first officer's and flight engineer's part since there was an intervening rest period of 12 hours 30 mins which was double the amount of flying time before the rest period. This caused the first officer and flight engineer to think that they had 'doubled out' and therefore the earlier flight time before the break was no longer being carried. I believe this could have been avoided had I, as the captain, been notified of their previous flight assignment, and if scheduling would not have scheduled us for a trip that was going to exceed to first officer's and flight engineer's time.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B727-200 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE FO'S AND FE'S FLT TIME EXCEEDING 8 HRS IN A 24 HR PERIOD.
Narrative: UPON LNDG AFTER A PART 121 DOMESTIC FLT FROM AUS-ELP, CREW SCHEDULING CALLED TO INFORM ME THAT MY FO AND FE HAD DEPARTED AUS AFTER EXCEEDING 8 HRS FLT TIME IN A 24 HR PERIOD. ALTHOUGH I (CAPT) WAS LEGAL, MY FO AND FE WERE NOT. THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION OF THE FO'S AND FE'S PART SINCE THERE WAS AN INTERVENING REST PERIOD OF 12 HRS 30 MINS WHICH WAS DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF FLYING TIME BEFORE THE REST PERIOD. THIS CAUSED THE FO AND FE TO THINK THAT THEY HAD 'DOUBLED OUT' AND THEREFORE THE EARLIER FLT TIME BEFORE THE BREAK WAS NO LONGER BEING CARRIED. I BELIEVE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED HAD I, AS THE CAPT, BEEN NOTIFIED OF THEIR PREVIOUS FLT ASSIGNMENT, AND IF SCHEDULING WOULD NOT HAVE SCHEDULED US FOR A TRIP THAT WAS GOING TO EXCEED TO FO'S AND FE'S TIME.
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.