Originally Posted by
Sink r8
Take your time.
I'm reading your last post, and it doesn't make much sense. If the bucket is large (i.e. 80), and Mr. 50% has flown to a RAW score of 81, he's pretty much off for two weeks, using your logic, since everyone else has to pump up their score to >80 before they're in the same bucket again.
At that point, he's up again, and why shouldn't he be first?
The bottom line: RAW scores absolutely suck, and RAW buckets are still exactly what they sound like. The bigger the better, but no self-respecting pilot wants to swim in anything by that name.
If Mr. 50% flies the first week then yes it will take maybe 2 to 3 weeks to fly again under the current system.
But in the new system you have to get above 80 to get to bucket #2. So unless you nail 2 4-days in the first two weeks you'll probably still be in bucket 1 in week 3 and number 1 to fly. Say you have a 4 day, 3 day and SC and it's only worth 78. You're still #1 in week 3 and they give you a 4 day.
So now you have a raw score of 90+ and 60 hours of flying and getting paid 70. Meanwhile guy #1 is 0 hours and maybe one or two SCs and getting paid 70.
Under the current system you'd flown 20 hours and got paid 70. So would guy #1.
Hence, do we want a system that gives the top 50% near equal QOL or take that QOL away from those sitting 20-50% to give the top 20% (or maybe top 10%) the same QOL they have now anyways?
HA! I MADE IT! (see if my above post is any better, I am getting 5% warning now)...