Originally Posted by
Delta1067
This new raw bucket system is only used as a tie breaker if all else is equal. Senior reserve pilots are still going to fly as there will be many cases where they will get trips before more junior reserve pilots. The #1 reserve pilot will get the 3 day trip if he is the only reserve pilot who is on 3 days of availability. The #1 reserve pilot will get the trip when he is the only one on short call whose contact times work. The only time the senior reserve pilot will get bypassed for a more junior pilot is when there are more junior pilots who meet the same days of availability. I don't see an earth shattering change. I'm junior reserve in my category and I haven't flow yet this month while a lot of pilots senior to me already have raw scores of 30-95.
I think the problem right now is amplified by the lack of flying available. Leads the regular guys to pick up everything they can via white slip leaving very little for the reserves to do except short call. When/if we start adding flying back, I think this will settle out into a more equitable system. I think it would make sense to reduce the bucket size until they start adding some flying back.