Originally Posted by
bigdaddie
Yes, but it does not mean that you have to sit short call just because you have a GS in. I am not always near a computer when I venture out of the realm of coverage. Likewise, I don't screen my calls; I generally just answer the darn phone. Why would we have out of base GS if you have to be there immediatly? For example: I just covered an out of base GS in DTW and I live in CA. I asked the scheduler to give me 5 min so I could make sure I could get there and he had no problem with that.
Here's the quote from "When Scheduling Calls"
What If I Do Answer the Phone on an Off Day?
A pilot’s obligation to accept a trip on X-days or regular line off days is
not absolute, whether the trip is the result of a White Slip (same day or
next day), Yellow Slip, Green Slip, or Inverse Assignment. A variety of
circumstances might make accepting such a trip impossible. For example:
• Not being physically located so as to be able to report.
• Having consumed alcohol.
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• Lack of available child care.
• Lack of available transportation.
• Not being adequately rested. For example:
o A pilot, not on call, notified late at night of an immediate report
should consider if he is sufficiently rested to accept such an
assignment.
o A pilot is not required to accept an inverse assignment that
requires a commute that would prevent adequate rest for the
assigned trip.
Be polite but be insistent. If necessary, call your Chief Pilot.
What you have posted is from when scheduling calls. It is all correct however the contract does state the following "10. A pilot will be obligated to fly a GS or GSWC rotation if he is notified of and
acknowledges the award."
There are lots of circumstances where you can't get there. You could be two hours from your house on a drive ect.. and need more time then you planned. There may be certain hours of the day where it would take longer to commute. If however you live where you are going to need 12 hours to report then you should put 12 hours minimum notification. I suspect that is why the scheduler removed the GS. I have turned down GS's many times because I could not get there and never had them say a thing. I would however always give them when I could get there and it was generally in a reasonable timeframe.