ACR SO ILLEGAL FOR TRIPS FLOWN IN GRACE MONTH OF RECURRENT TRAINING AS HE MISSED THE FIRST DAY OF THE SCHEDULED GND SCHOOL IN TRAINING RECEIVED PRIOR TO THOSE FLTS.

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THE PROBLEM WAS THAT I FLEW WHILE I WAS NOT CURRENT. ACR COMPANY'S YRLY RECURRENT TRAINING CONSISTS OF 3 DAYS: FIRST DAY IS GENERAL GND AND SECURITY; SECOND DAY IS ON ACFT SYS PARTICULAR TO YOUR SPECIFIC ACFT AND THE THIRD DAY CONSISTS OF A SIMULATOR CHK RIDE. I WAS SCHEDULED FOR RECURRENT ON AUG/WED-THU/91. I MISSED THE FIRST DAY DUE TO THE FACT THAT ACR DID NOT NOTIFY ME AS TO WHERE MY TRAINING WOULD TAKE PLACE; SO I WRONGLY ASSUMED IT WOULD TAKE PLACE AT MY DOMICILE IN NEW YORK. I CALLED ACR ON AUG/TUE/91 AND THEY SAID THAT YES; TRAINING WOULD TAKE PLACE IN NEW YORK. MY BASE MONTH FOR TRAINING IS JUL AND MY GRACE MONTH IS AUG. IF I DIDN'T COMPLETE MY TRAINING IN AUG I WOULD HAVE TO COMPLETE IT IN SEP BEFORE I COULD FLY. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THAT I WOULD BE ILLEGAL TO FLY JUST BY MISSING THE FIRST DAY OF TRAINING. I THOUGHT THAT THE SIMULATOR CHK WOULD MAKE ME LEGAL. ACR SCHEDULED ME TO COMPLETE TRAINING ON SEP/TUE/91. ACR SCHEDULING CALLED ME ON AUG/FRI/91 AT AM30 AND ASSIGNED ME TRIPS FOR SEP/MON-TUE-WED-THU/91. NOTHING FURTHER WAS SAID TO ME UNTIL SEP/MON/91 AT PM05 A.M. WHEN ACR SCHEDULING CALLED AND SAID NOT TO COME TO TRAINING SINCE I HAD GOTTEN INTO LATE FROM MY TRIP THE NIGHT BEFORE AND WASN'T LEGAL TO ATTEND. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THERE WAS A LEGAL PROBLEM WITH ME FLYING THE PRECEDING 5 DAYS BUT NOT TO WORRY; SINCE IT WAS THEIR FAULT FOR SCHEDULING ME. ACR SET ME UP TO COMPLETE MY TRAINING ON SEP/THU/91; WHICH I DID. AFTER COMPLETING MY TRAINING ON SEP/THU/91; I RPTED; AS REQUESTED; TO CHIEF PLT; CAPT X; TO DISCUSS THE MATTER. HE INFORMED ME THAT THE SIMULATOR CHK DID NOT COMPLETE MY TRAINING AND THAT I WAS ILLEGAL FOR THOSE TRIPS AND THAT EVEN THOUGH ACR WAS RESPONSIBLE TO KEEP ME LEGAL; I AM ALSO RESPONSIBLE TO KEEP MYSELF LEGAL. THIS UNFORTUNATE INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF I HAD BEEN BETTER INFORMED AND IF ACR SCHEDULING HAD PUT IN THEIR COMPUTER THAT I WOULD NEED TO COMPLETE TRAINING BEFORE FLYING IN SEP.