Originally Posted by
beernutt
You and I may have different definitions of the words 'integrity' and 'lie'. The 'spite' part seeems pretty clear, though.
I'm not trying to moralize. I'm just too lazy to expend the effort trying to get back at people (or the company) for some kind of perceived slight.
Back to the original topic - take as much time as you want to report while on short call. It's not defined anywhere except in your conscience.
Conscience has nothing to do with it. The general expectation is 2 hours under normal circumstances. If they want to have you report earlier, then they have accepted a delay. What they are doing, however is trying to force or guilt trip pilots or fish and lie to them to get the flight out on time. And shamefully, doing it to a lot of first officers who are on probation and probably don't know better.