Originally Posted by
rvr350
my 2 cents on new rsv system: The huge disparity that we're seeing now is because in some category we have a huge surplus, M88 in most bases. Senior guys are now smart enough to bid the last part of the month off, and therefore enhances their chances of staying home, while junior guys work in the beginning of the month.
Once summer arrives, and the number of lineholders increase, and reserve coverage drops, this disparity will diminish as we get leaner. I would give this system a try till labor day, and see if it holds up. It's way too early to get the pitchfork out.
My experience is that my first month on the system was a lot worse (read: more flying and short calls) than what I was experiencing. And as I scrolled through the reserves available (ATL M88B) I saw cases of senior pilots who didn't fly at all even with having had 3 SCs. Bottom line: juniors are getting more unwanted flying they weren't getting before, and seniors who weren't typically flying as much as juniors were are flying much less, or in some cases not at all.
I think the new system is a HUGE improvement. I appreciate the work done by the SOT in getting these changes implemented. Do I think they could have done something better? Yes. Instead of allowing one point to separate buckets (e.g. 80 in bucket 1; 81 in bucket 2) they could have given each pilot a built in RAW of 30 pts that was automatically put toward his RAW, but only applicable to pilots JUNIOR to him. Thus he would not possibly find himself (80) as finding he is only 1 pt lower than a junior pilot (81) and having to do a trip he didn't want, but that should have gone to the junior guy.
BTW, I am OK with senior pilots passing up flying that junior guys end up having to do. But within limits...the bucket system works fairly well (suggested fix above), but 80 should be somewhere like 53-57 IMO.