I really don't post much on here, but I'll weigh in on this one: Are you guys actually bitc*ing about the dispatchers status checking you?? It really doesn't matter "why" they do it (it's built into the CAD timer system, BTW), just that it gets done. Is it really THAT difficult to respond "10-86"? If they weren't to status check you, and God forbid something went bad-wrong on your stop (or run, or whatever) and you couldn't get to the radio as a result, would you just rather lay there possibly bleeding