Originally Posted by
Adlerdriver
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.
Missed the original post. Either way both are good plans. The one where you haven't deviated is totally stress free.
It is also liberating to show them their tight connections sometimes just don't work and watch them scramble to fix it while you sit back and relax. It's not the schedulers fault but it gets dumped in their lap.