Originally Posted by
FmrFreightDog
I realize you didn't ask me, but I like the ability to be able to bid down to reserve on months that I don't want to fly as much or absolutely need some specific days off. I'm former Northwest, and the only plus I saw to the separate category system was that if you happened to be on the bubble of lineholder vs. reserve and if you were a commuter (a very small percentage of the pilot group), you didn't have to wonder from month to month whether you were going to be a lineholder or need a place in base to sit reserve. Other than that one small benefit, it is a negative for the rest of the pilot group in terms of flexibility.
Sorry T. Didn't intend to answer for you.
Thanks, what I saw was with the separate cats...the res guys were senior ( didn't fly and rcved 75 hours), and the commuters...which were a huge percentage of most of the bases had a line. There was a lot of grumbling when we went to it, and then the majority of the guys did not want to go back to the old system.