"if i am on the 2 hr call out on the last day which goes til 7pm i still take a 3pm flight bc i am generally useless..."

From a former XJ'er. This is practiced alot, and as this one said you will have to get a feel for whats going on. HOWEVER, there was a time I was needed to reposition an aircraft for whatever reason and was unable to do it because I was getting on a plane headed to ORD. Thankfully I had a good friend in CS who covered it. Now im not sure as to what they can do contractually for reposition taxis these days(used to code it as flight 9999 i believe). Just watch yer butt, you dont want Joe or Dan chewin on it. Although getting a "cup o joe" from Hop was always fun too.