Originally Posted by SVCTA

Sorry if this has been covered in the pages since this reply, but I guess this is my point. If I'm sitting SC 1.5 hours from the airport, I'd rather be on the normal report time expectations of SC than to be on the hook for an "immediate" report since I played a card that exists to allow me to commute to ATL (for example) during that specific period of time. 'Cause I'm not going to go sit at the airport. So it seems like I'm better off just playing it straight and doing what I want around the hangar. If the phone rings I can be at the gate in 2 hours from where I am, and it hasn't been an issue. But if the phone rang 1 minute after my two hour NC time it is not unreasonable that they would expect that I be at the airport and should be there much sooner.

It seems like a shell game, the end of which basically gives the company a greater expectation of my ability to get to an airplane. Of course, statistically speaking it isn't much of a practical concern because I have had two SC assignments where I went unused in the last year, and overwhelmingly I get a trip assigned the day before the SC begins. I've actually 'sat' SC probably 4 times in the last year. In short, if I see SC on my schedule its just a matter of how much notice I'll get. It is usually 12 hours at least.