SHORT OF PLTS THE ACR SCHEDULED RPTR FO FOR FLTS WHEN HIS LNDG CURRENCY HAD EXPIRED. RPTR HAD NOTIFIED THE COMPANY WEEKS IN ADVANCE OF THE PROB; BUT APPARENTLY THEY IGNORED IT. WHEN HE WAS NO LONGER CURRENT AND WAS ORDERED TO FLY A TRIP; HE FILED A PROTEST; BUT WAS SCHEDULED TO FLY AS AN OBSERVER ONLY.

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THIS OCCURRENCE DEALT SPECIFICALLY WITH 90 DAY TKOF AND LNDG CURRENCY. I NOTIFIED MY CREW SCHEDULING DEPT ON FEB/XX/96 TO BE ADVISED THAT MY CURRENCY STATUS WOULD BECOME NON CURRENT ON MAR/XX/96; IF I DIDN'T GET ONE TKOF AND LNDG. THEY ADVISED ME THAT THEY WOULD ENTER THIS IN THE COMPUTER AND ADVISE THE FLT PLANNING/CREW COORD. I HEARD NO WORD AND RECEIVED A BID LINE ON FEB/XX/96; THAT PAIRED ME WITH A SENIOR CAPT; AB; AND HE WOULD ENABLE ME TO MAKE ONE TKOF AND LNDG. WE WERE SCHEDULED TO POS FROM THE UNITED STATES TO KUALA LUMPUR; MALAYSIA; ON OTHER ACRS IN ORDER TO FLY OUR PATTERN FROM KUALA LUMPUR TO DUBAI. BECAUSE; AT PRESENT; WE'RE SHORT CREW MEMBERS; OUR CREW SCHEDULING DEPT CHANGED MY CAPT FROM AB TO CD. WHY? CD HAS LESS THAN 300 HRS AND 50 LNDGS AS A CAPT; SO I AND ANOTHER FO WITH MORE THAN 100 HRS IN TYPE MUST FLY WITH HIM UNTIL HE GETS MORE THAN 100 HRS PIC IN TYPE. CAPT CD GAVE ME MY WAKE-UP CALL; WHEREBY I NOTIFIED HIM THAT IF I FLY WITH HIM TO DUBAI; UAE; THAT I WOULD GO NON CURRENT. HE SAID THAT WE WOULD CALL CREW SCHEDULING WHEN WE REACHED DUBAI AND THAT WE SHOULDN'T DELAY THIS FLT. WE FLEW TO DUBAI ON MD11; WHEREBY UPON LNDG I BECAME NON CURRENT. THAT EVENING MAR/XX/96 I RECEIVED A FAX FROM MY DIRECTOR OF TRAINING; EF STATING THAT I WAS LEGAL TO FLY AS AN IRO BACK TO KUALA LUMPUR; MALAYSIA; FROM DUBAI; UAE; BUT NOT OCCUPY A PLT SEAT. CAPT CD AGREED WITH THIS BECAUSE THE FLT WAS LESS THAN 8 HRS DURATION (REQUIRING ONLY 2 PLTS). I DISAGREED AND ADVISED THAT I RIDE AS AN OBSERVER AND NOT BE PART OF THE ACTIVE CREW. HE DISAGREED AND I SAID I WOULD SIGN MY NAME TO ANY REQUIRED DOCUMENT UNDER LEGAL PROTEST. MY WITNESS WAS FO; HI. HE SAID THAT HE WAS A WITNESS AND I AGREED THAT ALL MY FUNCTIONS AS A CREW MEMBER WERE UNDER LEGAL PROTEST. UPON ARR IN KUALA LUMPUR ON MAR/XX/96; CREW SCHEDULING THEN ADVISED THAT THE SCHEDULED TIME FROM KUALA LUMPUR TO DUBAI ON MAR XX/96 WOULD BE DONE AS ME OPERATING AS AN OBSERVER. FINALLY! THEN I WOULD COMMERCIAL HOME; DIRECT 'CONNECTION.' I WOULD COMMERCIAL HOME FROM DUBAI TO AMSTERDAM TO CHICAGO TO SEATTLE. I DID OPERATE KUALA LUMPUR TO DUBAI (MAR/XX/96) AS AN IRO; AGAIN UNDER PROTEST.