Originally Posted by
SVCTA
Forgive me for being dense; this is an honest question. So, let's say my SC begins at 1000. If they call me at 1001, I am reasonably expected to be at the airport at 1201, but with all of the "what if" elbow room in place. Alternatively....
I start SC at 1000 and I go NC until 1200, I am reasonably expected to be available for a 1201 report with none of the same "what if" elbow room. Since that NC time doesn't mean they can't assign something to me, if just means I have less notice to respond to it.
It seems to me that I'm better off staying quiet since I am supposed to be using that NC time to be getting closer to the airport, and I am not going to do that since I am natively less than two hours from the airport and I can just spend that time doing whatever I want. If they assign me a trip at 1030, I can get to it by 1230 and not raise anyone's dander. I 'gained' 30 minutes of hangar time.
If I am on NC time and they do the same, but I check my schedule at 1045 and have that same trip at 1230, I've only lost 15 minutes of my SC leash. Which would be made even worse if my phone rang at 1201 and I now had 29 minutes to report.
Is the idea that if I start SC at 1000, they could assign me a trip reporting at 1030 sometime in the middle of the night and I'd lose that two hour's of NC 'home time'? That would be the only protection that I can noodle out, but I don't think that's how SC works here. I start at 1000, I really can't be expected to be anywhere before about noon, anyhow.
What am I missing?
Let me try to clarify it. You start SC at 1000. They can call you at 1001 and say we have a trip that reports at 1015 (yes they can do that). You say "I can get to the airport around 12pm". Then it is up to the company to delay the flight for you or find someone else. But they can give you a report time any time within you short call window, they just can't contact you about it until you SC starts.
Now if you use the NC clause, they cannot give you a report before 12pm. However the report could be 1201 and you would not be able to say "I can get to the airport around 2pm". You are expected to be at the airport at 12pm ready to go.
However, if you use the NC and then check icrew at 1030 (since you are 1.5 hours from the airport), worst case is that you have a trip with report of 1201. Best case is that nothing is on your schedule and since you've checked icrew, you are now back to the normal SC report time rules.
Basically people are using the NC to get out of having a report time in the first 2 hours of their SC, instead of its intended purpose. Loophole for the win.