Originally Posted by
notEnuf
It buys you the extra minutes to get the cover back on the boat. Plus if they panic and call the next guy for the trip, then the boat cover never goes on.
Schedulers do some weird things under stress, like call multiple people. They can ignore the coverage ladder in an immediate need. Beware......nevermind, you're right, answer the phone.
It's always good to try and stick your fellow pilots with work you should have been doing.