Originally Posted by
Hrkdrivr
Everything above plus: This situation drove me to commute in the day prior and spend the night just in case. OR, one technique I used was to commute into base the day prior so as to be in position if that call did come. If not called and if there was still a flight home later, I’d take that, as long as there was a morning flight I could take back ( good loads/jumpseat available, etc.). That’s a bit of butt pain non-reving but it suited my purposes sometimes.
As a new hire, I also think it's appropriate to YS so as to prevent the above situation as much as possible. I'd rather do that than fly in with no flying on my schedule