Originally Posted by
buzzpat
I don't think you guys are interpreting it correctly...at least the way it seems to be working in LA. The buckets only come into play when the seniority system has been run based on days available. If a senior guy (me) has three days available and there's a three day trip, guess who gets it? Me. If a junior guy flies trip, incurs some raw, but has less days available or its not a match for the days required, he doesn't get it. The senior guy does and then the seniority system comes into play again with the next bucket.
And, as discussed before, the buckets will be adjusted by category. It is too early from my viewpoint to color an entire process based on what is now the second month of a new initiative.
Also, as a very junior line holder (occasionally) in LA, I can assure you that there is a significant difference between junior and senior QOLs. It seems commensurate with the difference between senior and junior on reserve.
Buzz,
How dare you add logic to this discussion. The new reserve system, which can be adjusted monthly, which the company wants to use to level the flying, is a total failure. After 4 days of the new system we should give up and go back to the old system. After all who wants to:
*Bid for SC
*Get credit for SC
*Have more say in what trips they get
Can't you see the obvious - the company wants to hire as many pilots as possible so they will keep the buckets prohibitively high so junior guys max out 2/3 of the way through the month requiring additional reserves. 
Sheer genius. I wonder when we will start hiring to meet the additional reserve requirements? According to some guys on here every junior guy will fly out within the first three weeks - that must equal hundreds of additional pilots required. All the junior guys on reserve will soon be senior on reserve when this "boom" hits.
Scoop