Originally Posted by
fsuskypilot
So here's the deal, I came off short call at 1730 today and was to start short call again at 0330 tomorrow. I get a call from scheduling at 1822 giving me a "heads up" on my rotation tomorrow which reports at 0500. She tried to make it sound like she was doing me a solid by calling me then instead of 0330. How legit is this? I didn't get 12 hours notice yet Now I'm expected to make report time which She knows I wouldn't have made if called at 0330. I've been on mil leave for over a year and don't remember this tactic.
There is no specific timeframe for notification to report for a short-call callout. It's "about" two hours.. "about" being the key word. So, it's legit. But call ALPA if you want a more authoritative answer.
You were under no obligation to answer the phone at 1822, and had you not, they would of called at 0500. At which point you could of said, "oh, I can't make that" then they would say, "Can you make a 0600 departure?" (just from my experience) and you could of discussed time to get to the airport then.