Originally Posted by
Mesabah
In theory, but I have actually sat long call here, and is was miserable. You are first out for everything, for any base, including CDO's. The company does not want you sitting at home unusable.
I have too (years ago). You are right that they would use you first but it was helpful to the guys who had to commute either way. They would essentially give all the open time to the long call people and use the short call people to cover sick calls. Again, costs the company almost nothing, helps the commuters, and helps the people sitting short call that don't want to work. Seems like a no brainier.