The cold beer test can show whether an airliner company has a "prospective rest" policy.
The FAA has once again issued a legal interpretation explaining that an “on call” pilot can’t count as rest all of the time that a call never came.
The agency has been restating this principle periodically for years, and each time, many in the FAR Part 135 on-demand charter world angrily reply that this policy cannot function in the real world. Their position: If a pilot hasn’t flown or worked in any way for a week, why can’t that same, well-rested pilot fly on 2-hr. notice?
a flight-crew member’s rest period must be “(1) continuous, (2) determined prospectively (i.e., known in advance) and (3) free from all restraint by the certificate holder, including freedom from work or the present responsibility for work should the occasion arise.”
http://m.aviationweek.com/bca/faa-call-pilots-are-duty
The FAA has once again issued a legal interpretation explaining that an “on call” pilot can’t count as rest all of the time that a call never came.
The agency has been restating this principle periodically for years, and each time, many in the FAR Part 135 on-demand charter world angrily reply that this policy cannot function in the real world. Their position: If a pilot hasn’t flown or worked in any way for a week, why can’t that same, well-rested pilot fly on 2-hr. notice?
a flight-crew member’s rest period must be “(1) continuous, (2) determined prospectively (i.e., known in advance) and (3) free from all restraint by the certificate holder, including freedom from work or the present responsibility for work should the occasion arise.”
http://m.aviationweek.com/bca/faa-call-pilots-are-duty
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