Originally Posted by Heed

These are nuances that you gain through tribal knowledge and aren't very clear in the contract to a newbie. Knowing how it works now and reading 20-K-7, it does make sense. I received a PDF (Reserve Gouge from ALPA I think) from a buddy, that explained it similarly - unless two-way contact is made, the earliest they can assign you is 1000.

So far, I haven't been given an assignment before 1000 on day one. But I did have a scheduler call once on my last day off around 12-2pm and basically leave a VM saying "We are calling regarding an assignment...call us back". No assignment was stated. I didn't call back as I was privy to what you are discussing above and figured they were trolling for something earlier than 1000.

Scheduling called again later for a specific SC sometime that afternoon, I don't remember exactly. They did mention on the VM that time if I didn't call back and acknowledge before midnight, they would call again after midnight. I called a little later and acknowledged the assignment.