birdeater,

For what it is worth, while on short call you are not required to be in position to cover all airports in your base. As long as you are in position to cover any of the airports (your choice) in a reasonable amount of time you are OK. For example many NYC pilots live in Jersey or PA about an hour (with no traffic) from Newark, but they are h#ll and gone from JFK. This is perfectly legal per the contract. Also, there is not publish time requirement for reporting; it just says able to report in a reasonable amount of time. or something like that.

Steamer