Originally Posted by
StartngOvr
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.
No one is saying this play works for every person. But there are certainly lots of locals who can make it to the airport in 2 hours or less, and for them it can be used to block scheduling from assigning certain rotations thus giving them a better chance of not being used.