Originally Posted by
pilotnicco
You summed it up perfectly, but I was basically just referring to what you said. If you have 1 day left, they're more likely to call that person vs someone with 4 days left. Assuming it's a day trip or something.
It behooves them to keep max options open. E.g. I thought I was gonna get a trip assigned, but they gave it to an LCR, and kept me, on SCR, available.