Originally Posted by
volav8r1
Got a frantic call from scheduling last night at 1830. When my wife brought me the phone the following conversation ensued:
Me: Hello?
Scheduler: I have a trip for you, advise ready to copy
Me: Uhhh.....I think there's some mistake, I'm off today.
Scheduler: we are in inverse assignment for MEM and you are being junior assigned.
Me: uhhh......uhhhhhh.......hmmmmm......uhhhhh
Scheduler: (interupting my Uhhhh's) it is a two day trip, rotation XXXX, reports ASAP, returns back to MEM tomorrow evening at 1625. I'll show you notified. How quickly will you be able to report?
Me: uhhhhh......uhhhhhh?! Is this a DC-9 trip? I didn't know we went to MCI direct from MEM.
Scheduler: Yes, I need to know how long until you are at the gate? (emphatically, obviously annoyed at my confusion)
Me: well, uhhhh....There are a couple of issues at play here, 1st of all, I am out sick since I just had back surgery last week. And second of all....I'm not on the DC-9 anymore.....I'm on the Airbus.
Scheduler: Uhhhhhhh........Uhhhhhhhh. Oh, I see that now. Not sure how this happened. Uhhhhhhh......Ok, have a nice night.
I had a phone call like this from my regional about a month after I quit. They asked me if i wanted some overtime. I said yes and ended up hanging up the phone. I got called back about an hour later asking me how close I was to the airplane. I told the scheduler I wasn't going to show up. She asked, "Why not?" I told her I went to get ready to go to the airport, but I couldn't find my badge. I asked my wife where it was, and she reminded me that I quit a month earlier. I said I was sorry, but the scheduler wasn't too happy.