Yes,

But being the last day of the month this is the best time to take the snapshot. The numbers are pretty well spread out. I have yet to see the "fictional" senior pilot sitting at home surfing APC and eating bon bons all month with a RAW of zero.

If you are saying the system is not perfect - I will agree with you. If on the other hand you think the system unduly burdens the Junior Pilots I respectfully disagree.

Think about it - the instant a Pilot gets into bucket two, all other things being equal, he goes to the back of the list. So the only disparity that can be attributed to seniority is a 1 bucket difference.

Anything greater than a 1 bucket difference, and a lot of stuff while in the same bucket is sheer luck, good and bad. This works both ways. If you are senior and you are the only 3 day bubba available, congratulations you are the new "owner" of that crappy three day that no line holder wanted to pick up!

Yes the QOL of the senior reserve guys is better - but not unfairly so.
I would say the difference of QOL between a senior reserve and a junior reserve is no different than the QOL difference between a senior line-holder and a bottom line-holder. And will go further to say that this difference is even less in some categories (LAX 73N) where the bottom line-holders get a month of Crapola!

I switch back between a line and reserve and have experienced the good and bad of both.

Scoop