Originally Posted by
gloopy
The assumption is if you don't check it from 1500-2359, fine, but you need to check it by 0000. Of course we no longer have to notify of anything, which was a massive concession IMO. Its unprecedented that we are considered notified now upon first voicemail attempted contact. That was an earth shattering giveaway that will remain forever, long after the higher duty period average goes away during the next crisis or whatever.
I think the company will usually try and notify you, but the logic behind the concessions we gave was that since you can go NORAD for any 10 consecutive hours you want if you haven't got an assignment by then, we shifted the burden of notification to us.
I disagree. The only practical difference between C2K and today is we can now not be used before 1000, rather than 0500 as was the case in C2K. Any flying or short call that reports before noon must still be on our schedule by 1500 the day before and it's still our job to find out about it.
Any other reserve assignment continues to require notification by telephone, unless it is placed on our line prior to block in from our previous rotation.