“I think you are mixing up two things…”
I’m not mixing them up, Ithink they are analagous. I dont see the difference between a Rav sending for a different pesak when he holds the “actual din” is lechumra and skipping the Rav, when you already jknow what he will say.
I can here the difference and not trying to convince you that you are wrong. If yo udont think that is a valid reason, great! dont call for that reason. There are stil lother reasons why a hotline is useful..
“And yes, of course calling a random hotline for a life altering psak is ludicrous.”
They arent complelty “random” as you probably know the Far Rockaway one is under the Rav binyomin Forst’s leadership