Originally Posted by
Flamer
Obligated is not necessarily true. From WSC.
A pilot's obligation to accept a trip on X days or regular line off days is not absolute, whether the trip is the result of a white slip (same day or next day), yellow slip, green slip, or inverse assignment. A variety of circumstances might make accepting such a trip impossible. For example:
• Not being physically located so as to be able to report.
• Having consumed alcohol.
• Lack of available child care.
• Lack of available transportation.
• Not being adequately rested.
Know your contract. Not all of the schedulers do.
The companies view of this is that if you have issues with any of those 5 then you should pull your GS request so they don't call you. If you have in a GS request they expect that you have those 5 things taken care of. They will let you out of a trip for those reasons, but they usually press as hard as they can saying if you knew you couldn't make the trip why didn't you pull out your GS request or adjust the qualifiers so we don't waste our time calling you.
It's just way easier to not ever answer the phone. I have no clue why guys actually answer. You ALWAYS have the option to not take the trip if you don't answer your phone,.