Originally Posted by
Verdell
Sort of. The pilot is responsible for acknowledging any rotation at some point during the non-contactable period. If 1159 rolls around, pilot officially checks their schedule and there's nothing there, they would revert to promptly available. Then that 1201 call for a newly-assigned rotation would come at a time that "promptly available" is the only requirement, not immediately available.
Your scenario sounds more like a pilot that never did check their schedule, 1201 rolls around and CS calls saying "we placed this on your schedule an hour ago, we don't see that you've checked your schedule this morning, so you should be in position for this legally assigned trip." This is indeed a scenario where a pilot could get themselves in trouble.
Read my post above yours. Your scenario almost never plays out. Everyone who invokes NC knows to check their schedule, and it is scheduling that isn't aware of when the pilot checked their schedule. Basically no matter what they expect immediate availability during the first 2 hours, even if you check your schedule 1 minute into your SC window.