I notice a very few posters are extremely vocal and persistent that the new reserve system is unfair to junior guys. A few thoughts:

1. Too soon to know on way or another. To get a good feel we will have to run through a full 12 months including times when we are short on reserve pilots and times when we are fat on reserve pilots.

2. Every time I looked at RAW vs seniority - I saw no pattern. In fact last month I posted a few snapshots that showed the senior guys had higher raw scores.

3. When DALPA and the company revisit this they will have all the data from all categories. No amount of complaining will matter if an analysis of the data does not show a problem.

4. Even in a totally "fair" system there will be "Winners" and "Losers" each month.

5. Guys have also said that the new reserve systems weighs seniority much more than for line-holders and used the example of a senior line-holder getting a green-slip and then going to the back of the green-slip list, spreading the wealth. True, just as a reserve pilot getting a green-slip goes to the back of the list.

6. When bidding for his schedule the senior most pilot picks whatever trips he wants. Even the number two guys cannot pick his very first trip until the number one pilot has picked his last trip. Is this also unfair? Should the senior guy pick a single trip and then the number two pilot his first trip, and the the number three pilot pick his first trip etc, etc...

Finally -If it can be shown, via a thorough and extensive analysis that the new reserve system is unfair to the junior pilots then lets fix it. But I am not in favor of any change based on the perceptions or even the experience of a few guys who had a rough month.

Scoop