Air carrier crew member concerned about flight time legality at sbn.

Attributes
ACN	428800
Time
Date	199902
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sbn.airport
State Reference	IN
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	ATP Advanced Turboprop
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 2200 flight time type : 140
ASRS Report	428800
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Resolutory Action	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Our crew was on airport reserve. Through the day, we were assigned 1 round-trip initially, then 2 additional round-trips were added. Our last round-trip was from ord-sbn-ord. When we arrived at sbn, our total block time was 7 hours 20 mins. The block time (scheduled) from sbn was 45 mins. The captain and dispatch agreed we were legal since we were legal to begin the 4 legs added on. I thought since we were a reserve crew doing other crew's trip we had to be legal to start each leg, and therefore we weren't legal to depart sbn.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR CREW MEMBER CONCERNED ABOUT FLT TIME LEGALITY AT SBN.

Narrative: OUR CREW WAS ON ARPT RESERVE. THROUGH THE DAY, WE WERE ASSIGNED 1 ROUND-TRIP INITIALLY, THEN 2 ADDITIONAL ROUND-TRIPS WERE ADDED. OUR LAST ROUND-TRIP WAS FROM ORD-SBN-ORD. WHEN WE ARRIVED AT SBN, OUR TOTAL BLOCK TIME WAS 7 HRS 20 MINS. THE BLOCK TIME (SCHEDULED) FROM SBN WAS 45 MINS. THE CAPT AND DISPATCH AGREED WE WERE LEGAL SINCE WE WERE LEGAL TO BEGIN THE 4 LEGS ADDED ON. I THOUGHT SINCE WE WERE A RESERVE CREW DOING OTHER CREW'S TRIP WE HAD TO BE LEGAL TO START EACH LEG, AND THEREFORE WE WEREN'T LEGAL TO DEPART SBN.

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.