Offbase Notification
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Offbase Notification
Gents,
What is the deal with this "Offbase Notification" ?? Am I required to fill it out and tell the company where I am going on "my personal vacation"??
I have filled it out on occasion and forgotten to on other occasions. I am currently away on leave, but forgot to fill it out when I left DXB 1 week ago. Is it worth filling it out now or am I just raising red flags?
Wondering if anyone really checks this "off base notification" and what the point of it is? If I am away with the family, why is it anyones business where I go.
Any insight would be appreciated.
What is the deal with this "Offbase Notification" ?? Am I required to fill it out and tell the company where I am going on "my personal vacation"??
I have filled it out on occasion and forgotten to on other occasions. I am currently away on leave, but forgot to fill it out when I left DXB 1 week ago. Is it worth filling it out now or am I just raising red flags?
Wondering if anyone really checks this "off base notification" and what the point of it is? If I am away with the family, why is it anyones business where I go.
Any insight would be appreciated.
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From: Springfield
Ek as your sponsor apparently has a legal obligation/right to know where you are. I complete it for when away on days off, never for leave. Sitting in my passenger seat downing a Bloody Mary at the departure gate is where I usually do it....
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From: charleroi
It's not required for leave but it is required for any days off before and after leave.
If we get caught for another misdemeanor they will check our e-gate against offbase notifications. The usual one is getting caught not following the 3 nights acclimatisation in DXB before ULR.
Apparently when we call sick they check our two most recent rosters for acclimatisation and offbase irregularities.
If we get caught for another misdemeanor they will check our e-gate against offbase notifications. The usual one is getting caught not following the 3 nights acclimatisation in DXB before ULR.
Apparently when we call sick they check our two most recent rosters for acclimatisation and offbase irregularities.
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Apparently when we call sick they check our two most recent rosters for acclimatisation and offbase irregularities.
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From: the ridge where the west commences
Acclimitisation is not affected by being outside of Dubai on personal travel.
The notion that it does have any effect is a chimera constructed by your usual pack of enforcement-hungry Nazis.
This is easily verified by reading the OMA which states that acclimitisation is only affected by ending a duty outside the band.
I may have said this before.
The notion that it does have any effect is a chimera constructed by your usual pack of enforcement-hungry Nazis.
This is easily verified by reading the OMA which states that acclimitisation is only affected by ending a duty outside the band.
I may have said this before.
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From: charleroi
This is easily verified by reading the OMA which states that acclimitisation is only affected by ending a duty outside the band.
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From: ME
Do it to protect yourself in case there is a roster change. It happened to me while I was away on leave. In short, I could not make the new roster change while I was away on leave as I had planned my ALT around my original roster. They tried to punish me, but the Off Base Notification saved me. It also proved to me that no one really knows where you are.
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From: delaware
What I do with my time off is my business, sponsored or not...
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Only time I've seen this saving someone was when said individual got stuck in the US due to snowstorm. Called fdm and first thing checked was whether said individual had officially signed out. Since he had, fdm said no worries, we'll take care of your missed trip.
I'd imagine if he hadn't signed out, he would have gotten a missed trip, a penalty to pay for missed trip and a tea with biscuits meeting along with a warning letter.
Kap
I'd imagine if he hadn't signed out, he would have gotten a missed trip, a penalty to pay for missed trip and a tea with biscuits meeting along with a warning letter.
Kap
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From: MIDDLE EAST
I agree with WK. The clue is in the title. It's a 'notification' that you'll be off base, not 'permission' to leave base, one of many reasons being you may be in a position to help out with AOG/sick crew issues down route.
Whether you'd want to of course is another story. Still, might save you a return ticket and gain a valuable Najam in the process!
Harry
Whether you'd want to of course is another story. Still, might save you a return ticket and gain a valuable Najam in the process!
Harry
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From: Alps
I was operating one of the LGW trips a few years back when one of our colleagues became sick down route so there was a lot of shuffling around between the various pilots there to cover the flight
The problem was resolved when one of the guys was there on his days off and had filled in the Off Base Notification form and was due to travel home on that day, they called him up and he operated the flight...
Now if the form is used in a sensible way like this I don't mind doing it however I am sure that's not alway the case...
The problem was resolved when one of the guys was there on his days off and had filled in the Off Base Notification form and was due to travel home on that day, they called him up and he operated the flight...
Now if the form is used in a sensible way like this I don't mind doing it however I am sure that's not alway the case...
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From: The IMF.
Ah, how quaint.
The company can use it to help them, or to shaft you. Perfect.
I assume EK checked that the guy helping out from LGW was well enough rested before operating, just like they would do if you don't have 3 night in DXB before your rostered flight?
No, I thought not.
The company can use it to help them, or to shaft you. Perfect.
I assume EK checked that the guy helping out from LGW was well enough rested before operating, just like they would do if you don't have 3 night in DXB before your rostered flight?
No, I thought not.
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Always carry my licence, as well as a freshly laundered uniform and spare shirt just in case. Even when I'm 'off base' in Fujariah. Doesn't everyone? 
Harry
ps. The only time I don't notify them is on the twice a month Barracuda booze run. If they saw how often I went there, I'd be having more than the 6 a year random drug and alcohol tests I currently get!
Harry
ps. The only time I don't notify them is on the twice a month Barracuda booze run. If they saw how often I went there, I'd be having more than the 6 a year random drug and alcohol tests I currently get!
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From: Earth
Just do what I used to do, fill the damn thing in each month, about 5 minutes after you get your roster. Generally it would include such delightful off base localities as Baku, Istanbul, Nice (in the summer), and even Karachi. All you will note within the 2hr time-zone.
From that day to this I've never had a call on a day off and my work phone would go on exactly 2 hrs before departure
I should add for clarity's sake that I did this purely as a mechanism to protect my days off, imagine for a minute if fleet got 3800 or so off base notes every 23rd 24th of the month...Costa would have to wait...for a minute.
From that day to this I've never had a call on a day off and my work phone would go on exactly 2 hrs before departure
I should add for clarity's sake that I did this purely as a mechanism to protect my days off, imagine for a minute if fleet got 3800 or so off base notes every 23rd 24th of the month...Costa would have to wait...for a minute.
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Thanks everyone,
But just so I'm clear, I only have to do it for days off.
Am I understanding it correctly that I do not need to do it for Leave? If so, is it documented anywhere (more curious than anything)?
Rim
But just so I'm clear, I only have to do it for days off.
Am I understanding it correctly that I do not need to do it for Leave? If so, is it documented anywhere (more curious than anything)?
Rim