B727 CREW MEMBER IS NOT BEING GIVEN FAR REQUIRED REST PERIODS BTWN TRIPS; WHILE ON RESERVE.

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I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP THE ISSUE OF CREW REST AS IT PERTAINS TO PLTS ON RESERVE; AND THE DIMINISHING QUALITY OF THAT REST PERIOD BROUGHT ON BY COMPANY SCHEDULERS. BLOCKING IN FROM A 3 DAY TRIP AT XA47 I WAS TOLD BY THE AGENT THAT I WAS SELECTED FOR A RANDOM DRUG TEST. THAT COMPLETED; I FINALLY ARRIVED HOME AT XD15; TO FIND OUT THAT CREW SCHEDULES ALREADY CALLED WANTING TO ASSIGN ME FOR FUTURE DUTY THAT DAY. CONSIDERING THE TIME OF DAY COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT I HAD ONLY 8.5 HRS REMAINING FOR CREW REST; I DID NOT TRY TO RETURN THEIR CALL. DURING MY REMAINING REST PERIOD; I WAS CALLED BY SCHEDULERS 5 TIMES; GREATLY DISRUPTING MY SLEEP AND OVERALL QUALITY OF REST. THIS IS NOT A ONE TIME OCCURRENCE; BUT A SIT THAT HAS ARISEN MANY TIMES RECENTLY. A SCHEDULER WILL CALL LATE AT NIGHT DURING A REST PERIOD; TO ASSIGN A TRIP THAT DOES NOT SIGN IN UNTIL THE NEXT AFTERNOON. I BELIEVE THAT THIS ADVERSELY AFFECTS SAFETY OF FLT AND SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A VIOLATION OF RULES CONCERNING CREW REST. IF REST PERIODS FOR CREW MEMBERS ARE IMPORTANT; THEN THEY SHOULD BE TREATED AS SUCH AND BE TRULY UNINTERRUPTED PERIODS OF REST. NO ATTEMPT SHOULD BE MADE BY THE COMPANY TO INTERRUPT THAT REST BY ATTEMPTING TO CONTACT A CREW MEMBER IN AN EFFORT TO ASSIGN FUTURE DUTY UNTIL HIS REQUIRED REST IS OVER.