Nice post Scoop.

The TLV is 72-82 hours. I think a guarantee of 77, right in the middle, would work nicely. I also like the idea of SC essentially getting some type of premium credit. My other suggestion is for long call to be a 24 hour call out. Most of the time I'm assigned a trip on LC, it usually is. Cover everything else with SC. I personally would be willing to go back to 8 SC periods if LC became a 24 hour call out. I caveat that with the fact that I'm a commuter, and I can't sit LC at home.

My next suggestion is to assign SC 2 days prior, not prior to 1500 the day prior. This too, would help mitigate issues with commuting.

Finally, I favor two separate systems. RES/Line Holder. This is simply for the fact that there is absolutely no chance for any quality of life for the bottom feeders at the company. Right now, at least if a senior guy bids down to reserve, the junior guys are somewhat protected from outright abuse by the RAW system. I think the only way to make that better would be to eliminate the number of days available in the criteria. That way, the lowest RAW score, regardless of number of days available, gets the assignment.

I would probably favor the current system with some tweeking, and seniority in the RES system, if the average days worked on RES each month, were the same as the average number of days worked as a line holder. This currently is not the case. Introducing seniority to the system as it stands now would mean that line holders bid down during the holidays, and junior guys work 70+ hours for the month, and all of those hours are on the weekends and holidays btw.

Now, if bringing in seniority to the reserve system means that you get an advantage for YS purposes, I have no issue with that. But to use it to deny an assignment so that it goes to a junior who has a much higher RAW score, not so much.

We work in a seniority based system...I understand this, and as such am humbly standing by for my lashing! It would, however, be nice to be able to have a little bit of seniority in the worst category within the DAL system, which is reserve.