A DC8 flight engineer reported on his schedule which nearly exceeded 16 hours.

Attributes
ACN	479700
Time
Date	200007
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-8 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer
ASRS Report	479700
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

Scheduled duty XB00 to XQ30. Scheduling contacted me to report at XA30. From XA30 to XB00 I performed no flight duties. Subsequently blocked in at end of flight at XQ23 and was immediately released. Company usually schedules duty for 30 mins after block-in. This would result in scheduled duty in excess of 16 hours.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC8 FE RPTED ON HIS SCHEDULE WHICH NEARLY EXCEEDED 16 HRS.

Narrative: SCHEDULED DUTY XB00 TO XQ30. SCHEDULING CONTACTED ME TO RPT AT XA30. FROM XA30 TO XB00 I PERFORMED NO FLT DUTIES. SUBSEQUENTLY BLOCKED IN AT END OF FLT AT XQ23 AND WAS IMMEDIATELY RELEASED. COMPANY USUALLY SCHEDULES DUTY FOR 30 MINS AFTER BLOCK-IN. THIS WOULD RESULT IN SCHEDULED DUTY IN EXCESS OF 16 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.