Originally Posted by
iaflyer
I don't think it's contractual. Well - not directly. I think it comes from the fact that any report time on SC has to be in your SC window.
So - say you go off short call at 11am. Since the call out is about two hours, anytime after 9am the report time for a trip should would be after 11am. So - there isn't any use for you after 9am. Therefore - scheduling would release you after 9am because they effectively couldn't use you. (They can't assign a report of say, 11:15 because then you aren't on SC anymore).
True. But they can assign you a trip with a report of 1000 and ask you how soon you can get there. You tell them that it will take XX amount of time, and they say that they'll hold the flight for you.