Originally Posted by
notEnuf
Pro tip:
1) call when assigned SC to be NC
2) set phone alarm for when SC begins
3) check Micrew for trips at SC start time (there will not be an assignment on your schedule but if there is start your 2ish hour report process and disregard #4)
4) check icrew (you now are on normal SC call out "promptly available.")
Do not acknowledge anything in Micrew or icrew, just check. They will call you after the 2 hours when you are contactable or after the icrew schedule check.
If you check your schedule at start of short call and find they assigned you a trip that reports 2 hours into your short call, now what? As a local, I can’t make it in two hours (rush hour, snow, farthest co-terminal or all of the above.). The non contactable clause, even though it is revocable, could still burn you. When you use this, you are now signing on for a DEFINED 2 hour callout to be at the airport. It’s no longer PROMPTLY AVAILABLE. I can be promptly available to drive in, but I can’t commit to being at any co-terminal in a defined two hours. I fully understand once revoked, you go back to promptly available. The chance exists though, you could get that “as soon as two hours” assignment and earn yourself a demerit when you delay a flight.
I see your logic, and it’s not wrong; but as a local, I could get burned. I’m not going to utilize the non-contactable play.