Originally Posted by
forgot to bid
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 may have a combination of a 4 day, 3 day, SC and still not make it to bucket #2. So in week 3 you are at 75 points and still #1 and could get a 4-day and end up flying 12 days or 60-65 hours. Meanwhile guy #1 is 0 hours and maybe one or two SCs.
A RAW score of 80 isn't even close to 60-65 hours. If you've done two long three-days, you're there. I get you point about being just under 80, say 78, and having to go out again, but once you go out again, you're done for a while. It doesn't matter so much what the bucket size is, it matters that there are buckets at all. But if you're going to have buckets, the larger the bucket, the least efficieint the operation, the better the staffing.
And you're not junior. You're the guy sitting at 50% or maybe even 40% or higher. So you've lost the benefits of seniority outside of bidding days off. Whereas now you have both.
I don't see that. Right now you have nothing. You're completely at the mercy of the scheduler, based on how they apply SC or Days of Availability. All seniority buys you NOW is days off.
HA! I MADE IT! (see if my above post is any better, I am getting 5% warning now)...
Damn you! I could have been RIGHT for a few minutes.