Originally Posted by
kingairip
Doesn't it help you out to do the schedulers a favor every once in a while? If you help them out of a jam, won't they be more inclined to do you a solid when you need one? Seems like normal human interaction to me...
That's what most people think, but pilots are a jaded bunch, they've been dicked for decades (like jets for jobs) and it's in the blood to be pessimistic about scheduling interaction. I've always been friendly but firm if it looks like they're calling out of order. Sometimes the advantage of answering when you don't have to is that you get a choice of trips, which for me seems to happen about every week. Luck or not?