A321
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Communication Breakdown
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy
As a result of maintenance delays; the company modified our pairing and consequently violated portions of the pilot collective bargaining agreement. While completing a grievance with my company for the aforementioned violations; it came to my attention that our report time was adjusted on day 1 from XX:35 (original) to XX:44 (modified). I am submitting this report in the interest of safety and to inform of possible report time modifications made by [the Company].
Maintenance issues delayed [our flight]. As a result; I would have violated Part 117 (FDP > 13 hours) if I had operated [the flight]. Crew Scheduling modified our pairing and changed our flight to a deadhead. As a result of this modification; [multiple] contract violations occurred. Despite the FO (First Officer) reading [the specific violations] verbatim to Crew Scheduling; twice; he was advised by [Crew Scheduling] that 'the company finds no violation has occurred and we recommend you fly it and grieve it.' He then asked Crew Scheduling to connect him with a chief pilot; and was told they would not do that; but he could call them on his own time. As a result; he called and spoke with [the chief pilot]; who also advised us to 'fly it and grieve it;' which we did. Also; it has come to my attention that our original report time of XX:35 has been adjusted to XX:44; and as a result; shows a duty of exactly 14 hours. The [original documentation would] show the correct report times and scheduled duty of 14 hours and 10 minutes. This does not appear to be honest; ethical or even legal to go back in to the system to modify times so that it appears that we were legal to do the trip. In the end this all led to a fatigue call due to reduced rest and a long 4 leg trip the next day.
A321 flight crew reported the company adjusted schedules to avoid exceeding the hour limitation in the FARs.