CC6577

I feel like I’ve been coerced into operating today. My report was 1300z, but the flight was delayed.

Crewing said they left me a voicemail at 1100Z, but I didn’t receive this. I later found out that my phone network was having nationwide issues (I’ve screenshotted the tweet as I don’t think crewing believed me). Crewing told me that they have made reasonable attempts to inform me of the delay so it’s on my shoulders.

I rang them just after my report time to tell them I had just picked up Wi-Fi and been made aware of the delay, they then changed my report time to one hour later to protect my duty hours. I emailed them and had my original report time reinstated. When the rest of the crew arrived, the captain told me I would not be legal to fly home. Crewing told him that if I “refuse the duty”, and they await a standby, the flight would be further delayed and it was “on his head” (mine). I felt coerced into operating and deeply upset.

On the return sector, the pilot told me he’d use the rest of the crew’s report time for my hours and I am no longer in discretion, disregarding my original report time which I arrived for.

Captain told me I ought to be contactable 24 hours a day and crewing said they don’t need me to acknowledge a delay for them to have “done their bit”.

Further to this, my roster app which ‘pings’ a delay had signed me out without my knowledge, so this line of communication didn’t happen either. The captain said I should have been contactable and I ought to ring crewing before every duty to ascertain if the flight is on time.

I don’t feel I should be calling crewing on my rest time to check if flights are on time.