Originally Posted by
gloopy
Doesn't it allow guys to fly more than they otherwise could? And if so, doesn't that skew the numbers of required reserves and whatnot? It isn't the biggest factor in staffing but it impacts it to some degree. Not to mention its pretty shady. We have way too much to fight for than trying to preserve all the little micro empires like trip parking, LCA buddy bidding and the narcotic pursuit of touch drop vacations. That's a lot of fat concentrated in very, very few places. High cost : low benefit.
What trip parking does not do is effect initial line construction. What it does do is effect the rolling manning requirements for reserves in each category. No reserves used = less reserves needed over time. It is slow and insidious.