AV8RBOY
Well-Known Member
I work for a Part 135 unscheduled operator that requires its pilots to remain on-call 24-hours per day, for up to seven days at a time. During that on-call period, each pilot is required to answer the phone and report for immediate flight duty at any time. During this on-call period, each pilot is considered rested if, by default, he/she is not called during any given 10-hour period; i.e., the pilots are not notified of rest periods in advance of when they will occur.
Concerned about the safety and legality of such scheduling practices, I requested a legal interpretation of the schedule from the FAA Chief Legal Councel in Washington, D.C. I recently received a response letter that seems to leave no doubt that my company's scheduling practices do not meet the requirements of Part 135.
I have taken this letter to company management and was very disheartened by the response. I was essentially told that no action would be taken to bring our schedule into compliance with this letter.
At a loss for how to proceed with this, I would very much appreciate imput from pilot's at other Part 135 operators as to how they are scheduled for flight and rest periods. I am not interested in pursuing this further with the FAA (yet), but would like to bring to management some alternatives to our schedule that would put us into compliance with the regs.
Please take a minute to let me know how you are scheduled at your Part 135 company. PLEASE HELP!!!
Concerned about the safety and legality of such scheduling practices, I requested a legal interpretation of the schedule from the FAA Chief Legal Councel in Washington, D.C. I recently received a response letter that seems to leave no doubt that my company's scheduling practices do not meet the requirements of Part 135.
I have taken this letter to company management and was very disheartened by the response. I was essentially told that no action would be taken to bring our schedule into compliance with this letter.
At a loss for how to proceed with this, I would very much appreciate imput from pilot's at other Part 135 operators as to how they are scheduled for flight and rest periods. I am not interested in pursuing this further with the FAA (yet), but would like to bring to management some alternatives to our schedule that would put us into compliance with the regs.
Please take a minute to let me know how you are scheduled at your Part 135 company. PLEASE HELP!!!