CABIN CREW MEMBER IS CONCERNED WITH THE POSSIBLE ILLEGAL SCHEDULE WITH REGARD TO THE FARS.

Date: 2006-06 · Aircraft: Regional Jet CL65; Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: ground

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy

Synopsis

CABIN CREW MEMBER IS CONCERNED WITH THE POSSIBLE ILLEGAL SCHEDULE WITH REGARD TO THE FARS.

Narrative

I WAS SUPPOSED TO REMAIN ON CONTINUOUS DUTY OVERNIGHT. AT AROUND XA30 IN THE MORNING I RECEIVED A CALL FROM OUR SCHEDULING DEP AND WAS GOING TO BE EXTENDED TO ZZZ. I DIDN'T REALLY THINK ANYTHING OF IT BUT I KNOW THAT IF YOU WORK A CONTINUOUS DUTY OVERNIGHT YOU'RE ONLY LEGAL FOR 14.5 HRS. WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE ARPT TO CONTINUE BACK TO CLT; I GOT ANOTHER CALL FROM SCHEDULING SAYING THEY WERE GOING TO EXTEND ME ONCE AGAIN AND PUT A YYY ROUNDTRIP ON TOP OF THE ZZZ ROUNDTRIP. I ASKED THE SCHEDULER IF THIS WAS LEGAL BECAUSE I WAS ON A CONTINUOUS DUTY OVERNIGHT AND SHE SAID YES. I ASKED THEM TO FAX THE MODIFIED SCHEDULE TO THE CLT CREW ROOM AND I WOULD GET IT WHEN WE RETURNED TO CLT. WHEN WE ARRIVED IN CLT AND I PICKED UP MY SCHEDULE; I WAS GOING TO BE WORKING UNTIL XJ00 AND I WAS ONLY LEGAL TO WORK UNTIL XF20. I ASSUMED THEY MADE A MISTAKE SO I CALLED THEM AND INFORMED THEM OF THE PROB AND TOLD THEM THAT I WAS NOT LEGAL TO WORK THE TRIP. SHE KEPT TELLING ME I WAS ON REDUCED REST AND FINALLY XFERRED ME TO THE SCHEDULING SUPVR. SHE ALSO TOLD ME I WAS ON REDUCED REST; AND I TOLD HER I WAS NEVER INFORMED.

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