Originally Posted by
SailorJerry
Just goes to show that this new bucket system doesn't mean squat unless you're in a huge base with surplus staffing.
For example if you just happen to meet the bucket, and days available criteria (which isn't made available to us as its at the schedulers discretion - which is BS) then you'll get the SC shift - regardless of seniority. I doubt you're an intentional scapegoat but it's certainly a shortcoming of what could have been a good thing.
Another example of how "wins" turn out not being wins later. If/when the new contract is in place, expect to find out all kinds of ways the company took ALPA to the cleaners in the small print.