Originally Posted by
Nosmo King
Off the top of my head I can think of at least one way this would be pertinent:
You are a commuter that likes to get to your base just prior to report time and your planned backup gets you there AFTER required report time. You roll the dice and your primary flight is late/cancelled/weight restricted/full including a different pilot in the jump seat and your planned backup as scheduled would get you there after report time.
Edit: Thought of another way. Your planned backup as scheduled would get you there in time for report, but ends up delayed so that the new arrival time is after your report time.
Agree on the edit, but if you sched yourself for a primary and a backup, and the flights both get the pilot there before sched dept...but because of wx, mx, etc and your backup will arrive after sched dept...and sched elects not to dead head the pilot to the rotation, its the same old pos. If you do everything you should, than sched should also have the same obligation.