Originally Posted by tsquare

In the summer when things are busy out of base white slips are possible. Normally if you get one it will be the day prior or the morning of the trip when someone sicks out. Now and then some winter trips show up but in the 1113 contract out of base WS moved below reserves in base. Big change. Hopefully it will go back the other way in the new contract.

Oh hell no... why do you continually want to screw the reserves?
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Tsquare, I invite you to read every single post that I have made on this forum. Find any where I have tried to screw the reserves. In the pre 1113 contract a out of base WS went before reserves only if no reserve pilot requested the trip. I know you know that unless you really were that uninformed about the contract you worked under with the awards run that way for at least 10 years. No reserves was screwed. In fact it was the opposite. A reserve got to stay home instead of being given a trip he did not want.
The current system leaves it up to the scheduler. He can award it to a reserve in base or to the out of base WS. They look at their coverage and play the game to suit crew scheduling. The old system was much better for everyone involved. In addition a out of base WS award verses in base to a reserve increases jobs overall. I have talked over an over again about the effect of the work rule changes on jobs. I guess you want to give up more jobs to the company.
In June of 2007 Delta had about the same amount of total pilot block hours as we had in June of 2001. We were however flying the schedule with 2500 fewer pilots. Why? Hundreds of little changes like this to the work rules. They need to be fixed in the next contract.