That only happened to me with a ferry flight. I checked Flica the day before and could self notify for my assignment probably 95% of the time.

And on top of that I could usually tell you what the trip assignment would be 5 days out just based on what was sitting in the open time pot on my first day.

Is there a trip with a 6am launch on day one with a red eye or late arrival on day last sitting in the open time pot on your first day of R3? Probably yours.

Also, there was usually 2-3 days a month where I was paid to sit at home as I was unusable at the end of my RAP for the available trips. Honestly, given all that, the only thing I didn’t like was the unexpected ferry flight call, and I usually credited over 80 hours each month kn reserve. YMMV.