B757 ACFT PRIOR TO FLT. ACR SCHEDULER HAD SCHEDULED FO FOR OVERWATER FLT WHICH HE WASN'T QUALIFIED FOR. SCHEDULING HAD TOLD RPTR CAPT THAT THE CHIEF PLT HAD GIVEN A WAIVER FOR THE QUALIFICATION; BUT RPTR FOUND SUBSEQUENTLY THAT NO WAIVER HAD BEEN GRANTED.

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UPON RPTING FOR MY NORTH ATLANTIC TRIP TO BIRMINGHAM; ENGLAND; I LEARNED THAT MY FO HAD BEEN REPLACED BY CREW SCHEDULING WITH A NEW RESERVE PLT WHO HAD NOT BEEN TO BIRMINGHAM. I LATER LEARNED THAT HE HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY OCEANIC QUALIFIED ON A DIFFERENT TYPE ACFT BUT NOT ON THE B757. I STATED THAT HE NEEDED A LINE CHK FROM A CHK AIRMAN BEFORE HE COULD FLY WITH ME (I AM NOT A CHK AIRMAN ON THE B757 ALTHOUGH I WAS PREVIOUSLY ON THE B747). THE FO SAID HE HAD TOLD SCHEDULING THIS AND THE SCHEDULER TOLD HIM THAT THEY HAD GOTTEN THE REQUIREMENT WAIVED THROUGH THE CHIEF PLT AND THE TRAINING DEPT; DUE TO MY QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE LEVEL IN OCEANIC OPS. AS I KNEW THIS PARTICULAR SCHEDULER AS HIGHLY EXPERIENCED; I DID NOT QUESTION THIS DECISION. I WAS UNABLE TO REACH THE CHIEF PLT; AS IT WAS A WEEKEND AND THE OFFICE WAS CLOSED. UPON COMPLETING THE TRIP; I LEARNED THAT NO WAIVER HAD BEEN COORDINATED; AND I FLEW THE TRIP WITH A FO WHO WAS UNQUALIFIED IN NORTH ATLANTIC/OCEANIC OPS. IN OTHER WORDS; WE WERE NOT A LEGAL CREW. THIS COULD HAVE A VERY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OCEANIC OPS. SCHEDULING MUST ENSURE THAT ALL CREW MEMBERS ARE SCHEDULED ONLY ON TRIPS THAT THEY ARE QUALIFIED FOR. CREW MEMBERS MUST BE AWARE OF WHAT REQUIREMENTS MAY BE WAIVED AND WHICH MAY NOT.