Originally Posted by Check Essential

That's all why I said it was a critical piece of info whether he ack'ed the short call.

You guys are correct when you say that they could have just called him at noon and given him the trip as a short call assignment.

You are both wrong about the midnight obligation though. Look close in iCrew at the Reserve Availability List. Guys coming off X days who are put on short call for the following day at noon have 2 hours of long call from midnight to 2 AM. Its right there under the RAW GROUP and DAYS AVAIL. You have to have your phone on during those 2 hours or check your schedule at 2 AM.
(that is -- in Dickson's world only. Under the "real" contract the last non-fly day schedule check still works) .