Originally Posted by
SEMIslave
I do a lot of 5 day trips and they like to change the schedule on you. Particularly when there is a 30 hr overnight. The 25hr of credit is a protection applied after the trip. So if the trip actually has less than 25 anything extra you do is free work until you crack 25 hrs of actual credit. Never answer your phone. Make them work at notifying you or listen to the voicemail and if you want it call them back.
Lesson learned. I like helping when I can but not when it requires me to rush between gates and get looked at by a fully boarded aircraft like I was the one that made their flight delayed for no extra compensation. Little did they know I saved the day. Luckily my Captain made it known on his PA because he could sense the hostility filling the cabin.