Flight crew work scheduling problem when crew is reassigned a new flight that exceeded their 8 in 24...

Attributes
ACN	573679
Time
Date	200302
Day	Mon
Place
Locale Reference	airport : oak.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ord.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
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
ASRS Report	573679
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

After completing the leg from phl to dfw, flight abcd on feb/mon/03, and after arriving at the gate, the flight attendant informed me that there was a call for me on the jetbridge phone. I was told by the person on the phone that our next leg from dfw to orf was cancelled, and the first officer and I were scheduled to work flight efgh from dfw to oak. I checked my schedule and noticed that our 3-DAY trip was now a 2-DAY trip and it was not showing as a reassignment or reschedule. I called crew tracking to find out why the dfw to oak leg was not a reassignment or a reschedule, and the tracker informed me that since he could not legally get us to orf to finish the rest of our sequence, that his only obligation was to get us back to base on the next available flight. He then informed me that the first officer and I would be working flight efgh from dfw to oak. After looking at the sequence today, I believe that the dfw to oak leg was a reschedule. Since the phl to dfw leg flying time was 4 hours 34 mins and since adding the newly scheduled dfw to oak leg totaled 8 hours 22MINS before leaving dfw, I believe that we were illegally scheduled to fly more than 8 hours in 1 day when we were required to work the added leg out of dfw.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT CREW WORK SCHEDULING PROB WHEN CREW IS REASSIGNED A NEW FLT THAT EXCEEDED THEIR 8 IN 24 RULE. NOTED AFTER LNDG AT OAK, CA.

Narrative: AFTER COMPLETING THE LEG FROM PHL TO DFW, FLT ABCD ON FEB/MON/03, AND AFTER ARRIVING AT THE GATE, THE FLT ATTENDANT INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS A CALL FOR ME ON THE JETBRIDGE PHONE. I WAS TOLD BY THE PERSON ON THE PHONE THAT OUR NEXT LEG FROM DFW TO ORF WAS CANCELLED, AND THE FO AND I WERE SCHEDULED TO WORK FLT EFGH FROM DFW TO OAK. I CHKED MY SCHEDULE AND NOTICED THAT OUR 3-DAY TRIP WAS NOW A 2-DAY TRIP AND IT WAS NOT SHOWING AS A REASSIGNMENT OR RESCHEDULE. I CALLED CREW TRACKING TO FIND OUT WHY THE DFW TO OAK LEG WAS NOT A REASSIGNMENT OR A RESCHEDULE, AND THE TRACKER INFORMED ME THAT SINCE HE COULD NOT LEGALLY GET US TO ORF TO FINISH THE REST OF OUR SEQUENCE, THAT HIS ONLY OBLIGATION WAS TO GET US BACK TO BASE ON THE NEXT AVAILABLE FLT. HE THEN INFORMED ME THAT THE FO AND I WOULD BE WORKING FLT EFGH FROM DFW TO OAK. AFTER LOOKING AT THE SEQUENCE TODAY, I BELIEVE THAT THE DFW TO OAK LEG WAS A RESCHEDULE. SINCE THE PHL TO DFW LEG FLYING TIME WAS 4 HRS 34 MINS AND SINCE ADDING THE NEWLY SCHEDULED DFW TO OAK LEG TOTALED 8 HRS 22MINS BEFORE LEAVING DFW, I BELIEVE THAT WE WERE ILLEGALLY SCHEDULED TO FLY MORE THAN 8 HRS IN 1 DAY WHEN WE WERE REQUIRED TO WORK THE ADDED LEG OUT OF DFW.

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.

Flight crew work scheduling problem when crew is reassigned a new flight that exceeded their 8 in 24 rule. Noted after landing at oak, ca.