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Old 09-08-2010 | 11:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Chente
Are you serious???? The "point" of long call is to have some sort of quality of life and not be on a 2 hour call out for the 18 days that you are on reserve for the month. If you don't like it you should request SC every day you're on call and bypass the contract so that us that actually care about QOL can sit long call. Seriously.

I think he was making the same point as you and you just took it wrong.

Here is the whole conversation...

Originally Posted by PilotFrog
Thanks for the quick reply, I am not a commuter, but damn getting nailed with a SC at 1930 for a 0530 would SUCK if I were one.
Originally Posted by acl65pilot
Agreed, and it is never worth getting caught gaming it by sitting LC at home unless you have flight that WILL get you to base no matter what time the call is.
Originally Posted by ronnie75
Not sure what "gaming it" means. What is the point of long call. Seriously.