Originally Posted by
biigD
If I decide to bang in sick, a reserve is gonna have to get used one way or the other. The long calls are working more anyway, and there's a higher likelihood they're a commuter sitting at home. That doesn't mean it'll always be a short call sitting in a crashpad, but if I'm going be burning *someone*, I'm just playing the percentages of which dicking will likely be the least disruptive.
And I say this as guy that lives in base and bids short call if on reserve.
Yes, play the odds. SC might actually want to get out of the pad and get some per diem. LC does not, ever.
LC is also much, much more likely to need to commute by air, and possibly have that go wrong. SC should not have that kind of commute.