I don’t think that is safe advice to give to a potential probationary pilot. The two hour callout is to get you to the lounge (check-in) an hour before push. To check/update pubs [now EFB], and take care of any other business before your acft show 30 min before push.

In the modern EFB age, does everyone show at the lounge 60 prior to push? No, especially with telephone check-in. But if you telephone check-in, the scheduler will often ask “Are you on property?” You put your career here at great risk if you do not answer truthfully. One flat tire or a stop-sign runner tagging you not yet on property will cost you dearly.

Now, yes, people can and do call in, stating ‘stuck in traffic, will not make report, but will make push’. Scheduling will say thanks for the call, call back when on property, and have a nice day. The next thing that scheduler will probably do is generate a pull sheet report for your chief pilot. The CP will drop it in the desk. If the CP finds several pull sheets with your name on it within, say 24 months, you get a call and possibly a letter in YOUR file. That is the first step in the chain.

If you are a probationary pilot, you’re getting quarterly reviews-I think-with your chief. Any of those pull sheets with your name will generate a conversation you would prefer not to have.