SO OF AN WDB EXCEEDED FLT TIME DUTY LIMITATIONS FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL CARRIER DOMESTIC FLT LEG.

Date: 1995-04 · Aircraft: DC-10 30

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|other-unspecified

Synopsis

SO OF AN WDB EXCEEDED FLT TIME DUTY LIMITATIONS FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL CARRIER DOMESTIC FLT LEG.

Narrative

FIRST OF ALL DATE OF OCCURRENCE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. ON THE APR/THU/95 I WAS PULLED OFF THE LAST LEG OF AN INTL FLT SEQUENCE (MEM-CDG) (CDG-STN-EWR) EWR-MEM THE DOMESTIC LEG WAS A PART OF A (3 CREW) PAIRING. ON THE PAIRING I WENT OVER 100 HRS IN 30 DAYS. NO PROB OUR FLC HANDBOOK STATES INTL HRS 120 IN 30 DAYS; 300 HRS IN 90 DAYS. THE FAR'S STATE 121.5 THE SAME. NO FAR VIOLATION TOOK PLACE! ON THE APR/MON/95 I CHKED AND WAS TOLD A VOLUNTARY DISCLOSURE WAS BEING DRAWN UP. EVERYONE TELLS ME; OR AGREES THAT NO FAR VIOLATION TOOK PLACE! THEN WHY A DISCLOSURE? PLEASE CLARIFY WHAT CONSTITUTES A DOMESTIC VERSES INTL LINE. IE; WHICH LIMITATIONS GOVERN. MY LINE WAS INTL. THE QUESTION IS; CAN A PLT FLY 90 HRS DOMESTICALLY THEN TAKE A 20 HRS INTL TRIP LEGALLY? CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW IF HE WAS IN VIOLATION OF THE DUTY TIME LIMITATIONS; BUT CONCERNED THAT HE COULD BE AND THAT EVEN THOUGH THE COMPANY STATED THAT HE WAS NOT BUT TURNED IN A SELF DISCLOSURE STATEMENT; THAT HE MIGHT BE. BASED ON THE FACT THAT HE DID APPARENTLY FLY BTWN 2 DOMESTIC LOCATIONS ON HIS LAST INTL FLT LEG; AND THAT LEG PUT HIM OVER 100 HRS; HE WAS PROBABLY IN VIOLATION OF THE FARS. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE APPRECIATED THE CLARIFICATION AND SAID THAT HE DID NOT KEEP TRACK OF HIS ACTUAL TIME SINCE IT WAS RECORDED BY THE COMPANY IN THEIR COMPUTER. THEREFORE; HE EXPECTED FOR THE COMPANY TO KEEP HIM SCHEDULED WITHIN THE DUTY TIME LIMITATIONS.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.