In part 11 of our series “Know your CWA” we would like to expand on when a pilot has to be contactable as per CWA.
According to the CWA a pilot must only be reachable during Standby (SBY) and Reserve (RES) as defined in CWA Art. B1-36.7 and B1-36.8 respectively.
In addition the CWA contains an article, CWA B1-37.4, which requires the pilot to check his or her roster for changes during certain times.
During all other times a pilot is not required to be contactable. It is solely up to the pilot to decide if he answers a phone call, checks his company provided email account or to access AIMS eCrew, any voice mailbox for messages or if SMS text messages have been received.
B1-36.7 Standby
B1-36.7.1 Home Base Airport standby
The following applies to Pilots on airport standby:
• Airport standby shall be in the roster and the start and end time of airport standby shall be defined and notified in advance to the Pilots concerned to provide them with the opportunity to plan adequate rest.
• The maximum duration of airport standby is 8 hours.
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• The Pilot has to be reachable by phone during Standby.
Limitation for airport standby in addition to any other standby will be 3 times per year and no more than 2 consecutive days.
B1-36.7.2 Standby other than airport standby
The following applies to Pilots on standby other than airport standby:
• The maximum duration of standby other than airport standby is 8 hours.
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• The Pilot has to be reachable by phone during Standby.
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• The exact hours that the Pilot is required to be on Standby duty will appear on his Roster.
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Pilots may be scheduled for standby duties as per B1-36.7.2 above for minimum 1 day and maximum 4 days consecutively for no more than 5 times per calendar year. A Pilot cannot be scheduled for more than 7 standby days in a roster period.
According to B1-36.7 a pilot on Standby, whether during “Home Base airport standby” or “Standby other than airport standby”, must be reachable by phone during the exact hours indicated on his roster.
Outside the times indicated as SBY on this roster, the pilot has:
- no obligation to be reachable by phone
- nor is there an obligation to check emails, AIMS eCrew, any voice mailbox for messages or if SMS text messages have been received.
Example:
The following depicts a roster with a “Standby other than airport standby” as per CWA B1-36.7.2:
The pilot has to be contactable by phone on each of the indicated days between 11.00 UTC and 19.00 UTC. Outside of these hours the pilot has no obligation to be contactable.
B1-36.8 Reserve
B1-36.8.1 The following provisions apply to Pilots assigned to reserve duties:
• Reserve is the period of time during which the Pilot is required to be available and contactable to receive an assignment for an FDP, positioning or other duty. Reserve periods are indicated on the roster.
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• The maximum duration of any single reserve period is 8 hours per reserve day.
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Pilots may be scheduled for reserve duty on days which are unschedulable or in lieu of a duty from which the pilot is de-assigned.
Reserve 1 is scheduled from 06:00 to 14:00 CET
Reserve 2 is scheduled from 12:00 to 20:00 CET
Reserve 3 is scheduled from 16:00 to 24:00 CET
Reserve in a roster implies that a reserve period, which does not result in a duty period, may not be retrospectively considered as part of a recurrent extended recovery rest period.
During Reserve, a minimum of 8 hours per day is counted towards the Pilot credit time limit. The minimum time between notification during a reserve duty and start of the duty notified is 18 hours.
According to article B1-36.8.1 a pilot can be scheduled for 3 different Reserve Duties – RES1, RES2 or RES 3. During Reserve (RES) a pilot must be reachable only during the following times:
- When scheduled for RES 1 from 06:00 to 14:00 local time in Luxembourg
- When scheduled for RES 2 from 12:00 to 20:00 local time in Luxembourg
- When scheduled for RES 3 from 16:00 to 24:00 local time in Luxembourg
The pilot has no obligation to be reachable outside of these times.
Example:
The following depicts a roster with Reserve (RES) as per CWA Art. B1-36.8.1:
The pilot has to be contactable by phone on each of the indicated days between 04:00 UTC and 12:00 UTC. Outside of these hours the pilot has no obligation to be contactable.
B1-37.4 Changes to Rosters
Pilots shall inform themselves of their duty assignments between 18 and 12 hours prior to the ending of unassigned time, COD, FOD, Sickness or Vacation time period and acknowledge the assignment to crew control.
According to this article each pilot is obliged to check the roster once between 06:00 and 12:00 local time in Luxembourg for any changes to his roster during following times:
- On the last blank day (unassigned time)
- On the last FOD
- On the last COD
- On the last vacation day and
- On the last sick day.
During all other times, e.g. Rest (which is assigned as indicated on the roster), the pilot has no obligation to check the roster for any changes.
We will expand in more detail on Standby and Reserve in the next issue of this series.
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