Originally Posted by Cycle Pilot

Looks like you've just gotten lucky.

Section 23 Q. 9. > "A pilot will be obligated to fly a GS or GSWC rotation if he is notified of and acknowledges the award."

I ran into this recently. I accidentally answered my phone and the scheduler wouldn't let me out of the GS. I basically begged him and he said he'd move on to the next pilots, but if he couldn't find anyone then I was obligated to fly it. It wasn't a time critical assignment... it was 14 hours out. Be careful answering the phone. In my case, he found another pilot and took the trip off my schedule.

Another thing I learned recently, they don't have to give you the 10 minutes to respond when they're in a time critical assignment. I recently got a call and let it go to voicemail. By the time I listened to the voicemail, logged in to the check the trip out, and called them back, they had already moved on to the next person.

All this talk about GS's is kinda pointless right now anyway. GS season is over. We have triple the amount of reserves required in NYC on the 320 B next month!