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4A2B
post peak when they have plenty of reserves the Company reverts to "just in time" standbys. They build them last minute in order to assign during the daily assignments window in order to save money and use a reserve. However you can still get them via a general makeup request but you will not know until the day prior whether or not you will get it.
I'd like to add that during peak we had "plenty of reserves" even though the large number of standby periods were posted early to prevent trades and drops. In most seats, the bid pack average was low, there was no vacation buy back and no AVA was offered.
What a seesaw. Last month the emphasis was no drops (with no real incentive to pickup). Now they want no pickups (without incentive to drop). The common theme, for most seats, is low bid pack averages. Hint, Hint - A good peak scheduling plan with volunteer and draft opportunity would have led to some drops in January. A decent bid pack average might have sufficed.
They think they can turn us around 180 degrees on a dime with no incentives. Interesting hypothesis.
Maybe this works since I hear they are still hiring into this pre-4A2b style of scheduling.
If they are hiring for CGN or HKG, it's because the package stinks and they have to in order to fill it. This is somehow our fault so we have to pay.