SCHEDULING
Scheduling & Recall Information
SCHEDULING CLARIFICATIONS CONTACTS
When you have a question about your schedule:
1. during bidding
2. after bidding
pbs inquiry form on IFS website
3. and Flica (before a clarification)
flica inquiry form under forms on the IFS website
4. after a flight (excluding Flica)
please file a scheduling clarification form
5. and vacation
6. and your pay report
CONTRACT – DUTY TIME CALCULATIONS
Q: How do I figure out at what time I will become illegal to take a flight when we have a long/rolling delay?
Maximum Actual On-Duty for a standard crew is 16hrs (7.C.2.b.) or 18hrs for an Augmented crew (7.C.2.d.(5))
Duty time begins at Check-In (1hr 15min prior to scheduled departure) – unless you are notified by scheduling that your Check-In time has been changed
Duty time ends 15min after block-in (30min after block-in for International flights to allow for Customs clearance).
Always use the PRINTED flight time from the bid packet (not the flight time that the pilot gives you)
FORMULA: (B + D) – A – C = X
A Printed bid flight time
B Check-in and De-brief: after duty ends, an additional 30 minutes (for customs) or
15 minutes (all other flights)
C Domestic flight = :15, International flight = :30
D Standard Crew (16 duty hours) or Augmented Crew (18 duty hours)
X Time the flight must block out in order for the crew to be legal
First figure out the Maximum Actual On-Duty time by adding 16/18 to your Check-In time. Then work backward to figure out what time you must block-out in order to be legal to take the flight by subtracting the Printed flight time and :15/:30.
EXAMPLE:
A Printed bid flight time: 5:00
B Check-in: 12:00
C Domestic flight: :15
D Standard Crew: 16:00 (duty hours)
FORMULA: (B + D) – A – C = X
EXAMPLE (12:00 + 16:00) – 5:00 - :15 = 22:45 (10:45 pm) off blocks (Domicile Time*
By 945 pm, crew should contact crew scheduling (15 hours on duty) to initiate a conversation; crew needs to decide to leave or stay over 16 hours duty.
The flight must block out by 22:45 for the crew to still be legal to take the flight.