A B747-400 PLT BELIEVES HIS ACR MAY BE VIOLATING FAR 121.485 CREW REST REQUIREMENTS.

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IN SUM: RPTR BELIEVES THAT HIS ACR'S POOR FLT CREW RESOURCES PLANNING CAUSES FLT CREW SCHEDULING TO VIOLATE FAR 121.485. SPECIFICALLY; THIS RPTR WAS SCHEDULED TO HAVE FOR 24+18 REST PERIOD FOLLOWING AN ARR FROM AN INTL TRIP. THE RPTR BELIEVES THAT HIS ACR MAY NOT CONTACT HIM WITH ANOTHER ASSIGNMENT DURING THAT REST PERIOD BECAUSE THE FAR REMOVES HIM FROM ALL DUTY. HOWEVER; APPROX 9 HRS PRIOR TO THE REST PERIOD'S TERMINATION; THE SCHEDULING DEPT CALLED WITH ANOTHER ASSIGNMENT FOR LATER THAT DAY; THUS MOVING HIS NEXT PLANNED TRIP UP BY 24 HRS. THE RPTR CONTENDED WITH THE CREW SCHEDULER THAT HE WAS NOT REQUIRED TO TAKE THE TRIP BECAUSE HAVING BEEN CONTACTED BY SCHEDULING HIS MANDATORY FAR SCHEDULED REST PERIOD WAS VIOLATED. HOWEVER; THE SCHEDULER XFERRED THE RPTR TO A SUPVR WHO COERCED HIM INTO TAKING THE TRIP AND FURTHERMORE PUNISHED HIM BY PUTTING THE RPTR IN A RESERVE STATUS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MONTH. THE RPTR BELIEVES THAT HIS REST PERIOD SHOULD HAVE STARTED OVER AGAIN. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT BASED ON THE EXACT WORDING OF FAR 121.485 HE IS UNSURE WHETHER HIS COMPANY IS PROHIBITED BY THIS REG FROM CONTACTING HIM IN ORDER TO ASSIGN A TRIP OUTSIDE OF HIS REST PERIOD. HE FEELS THAT IN THIS AND OTHER INSTANCES THE ACR HAS ABUSED CREW REST WITH RESCHEDULED ASSIGNMENTS ON THE EDGE OF COMPLYING WITH THE FAR.