Jettesen wrote:
I've never known anyone as full of !!!! as you FBW. That trip to americas followed by india with 15 hours rest is complete utter crap.. the flight crew would certainately have NOT allowed you to operate that duty, and they wouldn't have either, so good imagination you have there
First: PLEASE Moderate your language. Somebody who speaks like this shouldn't even be allowed on a public discussion forum.
Second: I still have that roster and I would be willing to scan it if not that it is indeed a public forum and I don not want somebody to get into trouble. (Crewing controllers have no fault, as they work hard and are stressed to their eyeballs, and just do what they're told to.)
I asked a skipper for advice as soon as the roster came out and his reply was "It's totally illegal. If you want you can call crewing and point it out. However if you're short of money, you have two long haul trips in a row, just don't tell anybody." (Cheers mate!)
Of course I called crewing straight away, told them I knew the rules so they gave me another day off (which I had to have in the first place anyway) took me off the India flight straight away and apologised.
On the System you could then read, in red, next to the amendment, the reason "as pointed out by the crew themselves"
So glad I am out of that.
6chimes, did anybody during you training told you where to find the rules and to learn them? When CC are not aware of their working/rest rights everything becomes messier and more difficult.