Super King Air 200
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 33; Flight Crew Total 13845; Flight Crew Type 680
Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Company Policy
This report documents a potential problem with the implementation of the crew 'rest requirement' rule in Part 135.267.d. I was called to fly a mission by the company's Operation Department at [late evening] with a report time [after midnight]. I have been on available status since [midnight] local on [the night before] throughout this period ending [early the next morning]. The operator of this flight has instructed its crews to tell it when it is 'available' to receive phone calls alerting us to new missions. I believe that such time when I am 'available' does not meet the requirements for 'rest' under Part 135.267. Therefore this flight might have been accomplished without the required 10 consecutive and pre-designated hours of rest required by 135.267 in the 24-hour period preceding the end of the mission. I also wish to state that at no time was this mission undertaken with a crewmember fatigued or unfit for duty.
An air taxi pilot reported questions related to company scheduling procedures and FAR rest requirements.