Originally Posted by
180ToAJ
I am on short call and my son has a ball tournament about a 4 hour drive from the airport. It doesn’t start until the late afternoon and will go until the evening. I don’t sit reserve often and clearly screwed up my schedule...again. Do they ever release pilots from short call early?
One strategy would be to yellow slip for a short call the next day which has an early start time which forces them to release you earlier. They have to give you 12 hours off. Calling and asking for an early release is probably less than 50% likely to work, but I have had them release me about one hour early on my last day of availability to make a commute. That's just going to depend on who answers the phone and how the staffing looks.