Originally Posted by
USMCFDX
When you are on a scheduled DH and you miss the connection or the first leg cancels it is not your issue to solve. Sit back, relax, and call scheduling and ask them what they are going to do to get you in position.
Actually, from the context of his reply, I think he's talking about issues that arise while he's deviating. He's just saying he 'fesses up early and gets CRS and/or the DO in the loop rather than keep pushing a bad situation. They either try to salvage things and get him where he needs to be even if he doesn't make the 8 hour limit (likely since a reserve probably won't be any better off starting from scratch in MEM) or they take him off the trip. Either way, it is what it is - stress gone.
Originally Posted by
kronan
I am relatively stress free on my deviant travel because when things go wrong, I pass that stress on to CRS or the DO. I have missed the 8 hour domestic check-in 4 times now, no issues since I passed that stress on.