Originally Posted by
sailingfun
ALV 15 had nothing to do with overall reserve usage. It was about the difficulty in using reserves to cover long trips. As a extreme example but one that does happen we have some long trips that in some months were worth more then the ALV. They could never be assigned to a reserve pilot under the contract. Even 6 and 7 day trips were often illegal for most reserves later in the month.
So ALV+15 only applies to categories with long trips? The 7th SC will only apply to categories with international flying? The data points to a decrease in reserves from 30% in most domestic categories to about 20% now in quite a few. Yours facts.... FAIL