Originally Posted by
trlaketige
Maybe I can help. As one who was "stuck" on reserve. You would put a card in (electronically) for position as a temporary block holder. If the company needed more, presto, you became a blockholder for the month. It would happen prior to monthly bidding and you participated just like permanent blockholders. I was able to hold a temp block for up to 6 months out of the year this way.
Jim
"If the company needed more pilots" See, that's the rub (or one of them) In the current system, pilots "flow" back and forth between line holder (not block
) and reserve at their own choice monthly. It gives you the choice and variety without being locked into one or the other. And as Ferd says, without monthly bids, it's even worse. Don't really see the advantage of separate "lists"