Airline crew scheduling and the interpretation of the far's relative to crew rest requirements.

Attributes
ACN	489720
Time
Date	200010
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dfw.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 145 ER&LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : multi engine
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	489720
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance FAA Company
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

In sum: an airline crew member lists the duty schedule along with the revisions to it that led to a question of the adequacy of the required legal rest. When he became concerned about the legality according to the far relative to required rest he confirmed with crew scheduling, their supervisor and his chief pilot. They all agreed that he was legally scheduled but he is still not convinced and extends the wish that the far be written in a more clear and understandable manner.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AIRLINE CREW SCHEDULING AND THE INTERP OF THE FAR'S RELATIVE TO CREW REST REQUIREMENTS.

Narrative: IN SUM: AN AIRLINE CREW MEMBER LISTS THE DUTY SCHEDULE ALONG WITH THE REVISIONS TO IT THAT LED TO A QUESTION OF THE ADEQUACY OF THE REQUIRED LEGAL REST. WHEN HE BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT THE LEGALITY ACCORDING TO THE FAR RELATIVE TO REQUIRED REST HE CONFIRMED WITH CREW SCHEDULING, THEIR SUPVR AND HIS CHIEF PLT. THEY ALL AGREED THAT HE WAS LEGALLY SCHEDULED BUT HE IS STILL NOT CONVINCED AND EXTENDS THE WISH THAT THE FAR BE WRITTEN IN A MORE CLR AND UNDERSTANDABLE MANNER.

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.