Originally Posted by RockyBoy

No. We never have been required to check our schedules on a day off and we are not required to now...nothing there has changed. Before 117 it was smart to check it at 1500 and get a time stamp if there was nothing there. That way they couldn't sneak a SC or rotation on your schedule later in the day. 1500 was the cutoff they had to put something on your schedule for the following day, but we were not required to check at 1500, we were just required to acknowledge anything that was on there at 1500 by 0200.

Most of us just checked and acknowledged stuff on our day off because it was easier that way and if it was there at 1500 you were doing it. Now it doesn't matter if it's there at 1500, you aren't doing it unless it starts later than noon, then you are doing it. I think we all thought the 1500 check was mandatory until 117. I never even knew about the 0200 deal until 117.