If you work for a company that has a UK CAA AOC then:
Only your company, CAA aproved, FTL will tell you whether it is legal or not. Neither CAP 371 (which only contains an example of a suggested FTL) nor any other company FTL applies to you.
I understand that our company flt ops inspector is of the opinion that answering a telephone is not necessarily disturbing your rest and that the rest clock does not have to be reset to zero in order to achieve 12 hrs rest. Your flt ops inspector may have a different opinion, ask him.
That said it is very poor man management. Maybe your company has a form of employee consultation where issues like this can be raised. If it doesn't, it may be time to get one. IMHO and experience BALPA head office have a wealth of experience, probably more than your rostering dept, if you have a BALPA company council use them.
Last edited by beardy; 24th Jul 2005 at 21:36.