Originally Posted by Otters

And you summed up short call. I recently filed a PDR over short call. I had a nice email exchange with a systems schedule committee/crew desk rep. I'm narrow body on 320. Yes the short call abuse is rampant and from the unions perspective, this was never envisioned for short call. The company consistently runs a 10am short call your first day on reserve and several others after this simply to get you on the short leash in the domicile. And as many others have said(to include my own personal experiences) they consistently release you early only to put you on another short call assignment the next day. It's all legal and quite convenient for the crew desk. I actually had a discussion with a crew desk supervisor about the rabid use of short calls. His response, "we're short pilots so we use short call."

And they love to do a 0200 or 0300 your last day as well. When there's no flying or less(as there is now) the SC's are every where. They're even doing field standby's with all the SC. All legal. Something I hope we can change. The problem, so few on reserve that it's hard to get momentum in large numbers to change this.
Good luck on your future bid.