Standby Not Called Up!

07 March 2017 // Tuesday

So I am on fullday standby (SBYFULL) today from 0900h - 2359h (which is extremely long yes) and therefore the chances of getting called up is usually quite high. Today was no exception.

I woke up at around 9am and pleasantly found no missed calls on my phone so I headed back to sleep. At 9.45am I was awakened by my ringing phone and unpleasantly found MIOCC calling me. Missed the call and caught a few winks before returning their call within 15mins (a serious lapse if I did not do so).

He wanted to activate me for Chongqing (CKG) but reporting was at 11.15am which is quite rush for me since I don't exactly live very close to the airport. He was worried I couldn't make it too so he told me to remain on standby. *chuckles inside*

Washed up and Hubby came over to pick me to his place so we could have lunch and watch movies together. Just as I packed lunch and got into the car, MIOCC called again and I missed it! I was on the way to his place to have my chicken rice and kuay chup and no I don't want to go for flight! I was already treating it as my off day and we were just discussing about having Swee Choon for dinner.

So I called back eventually at 12noon where he asked me to report to aircraft at 2.15pm but honestly I told him it was a little rush for me still since I take about 45mins to reach airport and at least 30mins to prepare, on top of that I just bought my lunch :( I was actually at jurong side but I didn't tell him that. I asked for a slightly later flight but he said he did not have any so he told me to remain on standby (yes!).

I never heard from them again.

Took a nap about 2pm after we had lunch and when I woke up at 4pm seeing no missed calls I kinda think I'm free for the day. But still to be safe my phone was still on ringing mode but the moment the clock hit 7pm I turned my phone to silent and we headed out for dim sum dinner. Standby not called for the first (or second) time for me!!