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<blockquote data-quote="Rob Timmerman" data-source="post: 124047" data-attributes="member: 172">Re: What do you do?I&#039;ve seen similar situations where the promoter hired in the crew and told them a time by which they would be finished.&nbsp; That time comes and goes, and the headliner is still playing.&nbsp; Except half the crew needed to leave shortly after the time they were given because the public transit system was shutting down for the night.&nbsp; So they left.&nbsp; (It doesn&#039;t help that they were getting paid a flat rate for the day).What I&#039;ve typically seen is that if a call runs over the published call time, the crew chief will let anybody who needs to leave leave.&nbsp; This obviously doesn&#039;t work if you are the only tech there.Me, I won&#039;t book back-to-back gigs unless I know for certain that the first will end on time (or I can leave on time).&nbsp; This typically means venue or police enforced end times, or I&#039;m setup/teardown crew and can tell the crew chief &quot;sorry, but this is past the published call time&quot; and leave.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rob Timmerman, post: 124047, member: 172"] Re: What do you do? I've seen similar situations where the promoter hired in the crew and told them a time by which they would be finished. That time comes and goes, and the headliner is still playing. Except half the crew needed to leave shortly after the time they were given because the public transit system was shutting down for the night. So they left. (It doesn't help that they were getting paid a flat rate for the day). What I've typically seen is that if a call runs over the published call time, the crew chief will let anybody who needs to leave leave. This obviously doesn't work if you are the only tech there. Me, I won't book back-to-back gigs unless I know for certain that the first will end on time (or I can leave on time). This typically means venue or police enforced end times, or I'm setup/teardown crew and can tell the crew chief "sorry, but this is past the published call time" and leave. [/QUOTE]

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