EA30 captain reports a violation of far 121 pt 471(B), crew rest requirements.

Attributes
ACN	421270
Time
Date	199811
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zzz
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 13570
ASRS Report	421270
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

The company I work for has a reserve policy whereby those on reserve are required to be at work within 1 hour after trip notification. The on-call period is 24 hours a day for as many days as the pilot is on reserve. I was on call for 57 hours when I was notified of a flight that reported 5 hours later. Due to the company's policy, I was unable to comply with far 121.471(B) regarding rest requirements. The far states 'except as provided in paragraph (C) of the section, no certificate holder conducting domestic operations may schedule a flight crew member and no flight crew member may accept an assignment for flight time during the 24 consecutive hours preceding the scheduled completion of any flight segment without a scheduled rest period during that 24 hours....' when I completed the flight segment I had not had a scheduled rest period during the preceding 65 hours.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EA30 CAPT RPTS A VIOLATION OF FAR 121 PT 471(B), CREW REST REQUIREMENTS.

Narrative: THE COMPANY I WORK FOR HAS A RESERVE POLICY WHEREBY THOSE ON RESERVE ARE REQUIRED TO BE AT WORK WITHIN 1 HR AFTER TRIP NOTIFICATION. THE ON-CALL PERIOD IS 24 HRS A DAY FOR AS MANY DAYS AS THE PLT IS ON RESERVE. I WAS ON CALL FOR 57 HRS WHEN I WAS NOTIFIED OF A FLT THAT RPTED 5 HRS LATER. DUE TO THE COMPANY'S POLICY, I WAS UNABLE TO COMPLY WITH FAR 121.471(B) REGARDING REST REQUIREMENTS. THE FAR STATES 'EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF THE SECTION, NO CERTIFICATE HOLDER CONDUCTING DOMESTIC OPS MAY SCHEDULE A FLC MEMBER AND NO FLC MEMBER MAY ACCEPT AN ASSIGNMENT FOR FLT TIME DURING THE 24 CONSECUTIVE HRS PRECEDING THE SCHEDULED COMPLETION OF ANY FLT SEGMENT WITHOUT A SCHEDULED REST PERIOD DURING THAT 24 HRS....' WHEN I COMPLETED THE FLT SEGMENT I HAD NOT HAD A SCHEDULED REST PERIOD DURING THE PRECEDING 65 HRS.

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.