Originally Posted by
spank
You're beyond naive... Lets hope in the future none of us are worried about junior mans because they'll be a distant nightmare. Simply giving sound advice to inexperienced, probably probationary pilots who could potentially put themselves in a career ending/altering scenario by being a smartass to scheduling.
Freezing, Esq., feel free to use the "I'm drinking" defense next time you're in the mood to pick up a company call on your day off. Then put your money where your mouth is while our all powerful unions go to bat for a regional FO in court trying to disprove the company's suspicion of your alcohol issues. All the while being on unpaid leave...smell the roses, it has happened and will undoubtedly happen again if we keep telling guys to, "just say you're drinking".
Don't pick up the phone. If you do tell them you're in Alaska visiting your fourth cousin once removed, Spank.
Been here 6 years my man, and used the beer excuse once and the I'm in XYZ excuse once. First time, was a Sunday afternoon in November (give you three guesses what I was doing...GO TEXANS!) and they called me from an unlisted, possibly cellular number (sneaky bastards!). The other time phone was ringing and I couldn't get to it so I told the gf to answer it "Oh yeah...hes right here, just a minute!...Babe, I think it's your company" D'oh! Told 'em I was in SFO (farthest place that sounded plausible that I could think of at the time). Never heard a peep about either incident. Of course your best option is not to answer the phone at all.
But at this point, I feel like we have exceeded the scope of OP's question. How to avoid getting junior manned could be a whole thread in and of itself, possibly to rival the Comair threads! RAH sucks; them's the facts Emma.
