Originally Posted by
POPA
100% not true.
Scheduling has lots of nasty tricks for getting ahold of you, including: a note on the release, a scheduler to meet your airplane at the gate, and "forgetting" to reserve you a hotel room.
It might be different at other places, but that is not Junior Manning at XJT - that's a reassignment. As far as I know, reassignments have little to do with seniority and more to do with who's available. Junior Manning is calling you on your day off and it is as simple as not answering your phone or making up a ludicrous story of debauchery.