Originally Posted by
gloopy
I've notified them many times maybe an hour before the start (always with commuting when needing to use backup flight that gets in within the 2 hour window) and never once got grief. The day before is silly and irrelevant. If that's what they want, that will be the standard 100% of the time then. Although I bet its not in the contract that we have to tell the day before.
Not going to argue with you(too much). I know that what you state is the way things normally happen, and I agree that having to call them the day prior is silly, but you would lose that bet about it not being in the contract. Some of he schedulers try to enforce it, most don't. Seems silly to have to waste their time with a phone call at all. We should be able just send them some sort of electronic message through ICrew.
Section 23.9.B.2 Exception
a) At the time the pilot is notified of his conversion to short call, the pilot will advise Crew Scheduling that he will be:
i. traveling to his base, and
ii. unavailable for contact during the first two hours of the short call
...and now I see that newk beat me to it