Originally Posted by
notEnuf
A live scheduler has to leave a message during a time you are contactable. Rest, X days, vacation days, and training day are not contactable times. Long call and short call are the only times you are contactable. The only other way to assign anything is one of the 2 schedule placements, more than 12 hours before LC (excluding vacation and training days) or post trip 30 minutes.
Just to add some clarification, the 12 hours prior to starting LC only applies to a SC or rotation assignment. I'm not saying they wouldn't try, but they really can't assign a 30 hour rest period coming off a non fly day. If they do then they are totally fishing and unless the pilot chooses to self-acknowledge then it is not a legal, prospective rest assignment. The earliest they can assign a rest period coming off a non fly day 2 hours after the start of LC assuming they call you the moment you start LC (not counting assumed/known rest 18 hours prior to a SC assignment and up to 24 hours prior to a rotation report).