Originally Posted by
RockyBoy
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.
FAR 117 requires me to not fly any trip if I'm "Not being adequately rested." GS or otherwise.
How is one supposed to adjust your GS request as to me adequately rest if I don't even know if I'm going to get a trip or what the trip is?
I may be rested for a quick flight to ATL with a DH back but not for a 5+ hour flight to the west coast. Hard to tell what childcare coverage I need to cover before I get a call for GS.
WS are easier to determine both for rest and child care because I have time to look at the whole picture before I put in for the WS.
Also, just because I have 14 hours to get childcare doesn't mean I can find it.