Originally Posted by forgot to bid

You're right, Alfa's post is informative. Like it or not, and I'm not crazy about what's being advocated yet, it is perspective.

But I think what Dragon was getting at was there are two ways to handle this:

1) I think there are a lot of misconceptions about reserve staffing and the NNP. There are three issues that all interact to determine reserve staffing, they are:

-or-

2) Lots of junior guys here understandably don't have enough knowledge of the contract to understand the issueson reserve. There are three issues that all interact to determine reserve staffing, they are:

I think understanding reserve is for not a junior thing unless, as Sailing aptly mentioned, you're less than 3 digits on the seniority list. Or the guys I fly with wouldn't ask, so what is RAW score? Can you still high yellow? And so on.

I don't think reserve will make or break this contract, but reducing staffing requirements should and I can't wait to see what actually comes in the TA.