Baron- You are missing the point. If you go to bed at 9 and get the call to go at 12 for an O and B, this is much worse than that 13 1/2 hour trip, then you are still back early or are in a recliner asleep for a couple of hours at the out base. BUT this is not the NORM. The NORM now as Velcro posted is they set you up for failure. I go to bed at nine, get the call at 1201, go to AOC, go back to bed by 0130, and then get a call at 3-0430 to go fly. By assigning standbys much earlier in the day I would have 6 hours minimum for that 0300 call if I was at the sleep room at 9 at night. I concur with Velcro on this.