Originally Posted by Lobaeux

Yeah, I was typing on a phone as well. The special instance you mentioned hasn't happened yet to me, but I understand that can happen.

What happens in the military was being on reserve (Alpha, Bravo or Charlie Alert, differences being the call out time), and you could be 1 minute before the end of your reserve period, they could call you in to fly a 16, or 18 hour day (if augmented) without batting an eye. And, say your reserve period was three days long, you could be sent out on a trip that lasts over a week. That doesn't happen here.

What's also nice, and I'm sure it doesn't always happen, but I've been given ample time before I've been called off of reserve to go fly, it's not been a surprise call, "rush to the airport" yet.