Originally Posted by
RockyBoy
If you just put in a blanket yellow slip for the day and you are on long call, you really just put yourself on shortcall because when they call you with a trip it is not a proffer and they don't have to honor the 12 hour callout.
You can actually turn down a trip if it's less than 12 hours and you have submitted a YS. If you have submitted a YS and they assign a trip more than 12 hours out, you have to take the trip.
Section 23 T.
6. A reserve pilot who is proffered/awarded a yellow slip for a rotation with a report that is:
a. 12 hours or less from first attempted contact may decline such award (this is a proffer).
b. more than 12 hours from first attempted contact is obligated to fly the rotation (this is not a proffer).
I use the YS because I can't sit long call from home so I want to fly instead of sitting around the crashpad. Once I arrive in base, I pop the YS in. If they're really short, I'll forgo the YS and put in a GS instead.