Originally Posted by BE24pilot

Depending on what the flight time is you are legal until 8pm with a RAP of 4am. I think they call so early so they can cross it off their list. If we could get some decent reserve rules in the contract it would state that trips would need to start within the availability period. This is just a way that they get to maximize their reserve utilization. They get to have you available all day and then not burn a R3 for the overnight at time when you should be off. They do the same thing with ready reserve. Have you sit all day they assign you a trip that starts after you should be off.