Originally Posted by
Denny Crane
Next time tell the scheduler that you can accept it if they can help you get there. They have given me positive space to get there.....at least for an out of base GS. Don't know about in base but it doesn't hurt to ask!
Denny
I did ask, she told me "we don't do that anymore because too many people have been abusing it". No idea what that means, but that's almost a direct quote. Not sure how I could possibly abuse a guaranteed ride to go fly a trip that DAL couldn't otherwise fill. Whatever, I'll be in 1st class anyway -- 5 open seats in the front, no upgrades, no HKs. Free breakfast is the only way to start a 2.5 hour block 21 hour pay GS. Only negative is I'll have to bus it over from JFK to LGA and then gamble that the DTW to SAT RJ doesn't get weight restricted on the way home.
Originally Posted by
marcal
Can you clarify for me? I hear people say this a lot, but I was under the impression a GS isn't a proffer(i.e. if they call and you answer its yours). How can you answer a GS call and tell them only if you help get me there? Isn't it on you regardless at that point?
You can always throw down with the big 3:
I've been drinking
I don't have child care
I am unable to commute
Usually I let them just go to voicemail but I had been actively checking open time and saw the GS against my name as the phone rang so I picked it up.