Yup, there is no difference. It may sound nice, that you get a call to tell you you are "released" for a day off, but that is just a technicality. I would just treat it like you were still on reserve, now you just have to check VIPS a few times that day. (In effect, more work on your day off, than just having your phone on.)
Again, it is just a technicality. Since if they assign you a trip, boom - there's your 24 hours off; now go work for 6 more days. But if you are on call for 6 days in a row, then they have to give you that "24 hours off" so the computer can see that you had a 1-in-7. But even if they assign you a trip, you will still, in effect, have a 24 hour off period before your trip.
Slightly confusing, but just don't treat it as a day "off." You're still 24 hours away from a trip. It's the same as the fact they can assign you a trip on your 1st R-24 day after scheduled days off.
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