Originally Posted by
Herkflyr
This may be the first post in human history where a guy is complaining about getting a line! Are you saying that is bad?
I can remember back in C2K reading the DALPA message boards. One guy was complaining loudly about how much reserve sucked, etc. Someone else chimed in, "uh, right now reserve is a pretty good gig and actually goes senior in some categories."
His response? "Well, something is wrong with a system where any pilot would voluntarily choose reserve."
UNbelievable.
I actually get GunshipGuy's point - although I doubt it's the view of the majority. The key is finding a balance where we keep the maximum amount of guys happy, which is about all we can do.
I think we're pretty close to that right now, but obviously need to fix some things. A big one for me is SC's up-ending the entire Raw Bucket apple cart. We need SC's to somehow be tied to the Bucket and Days of Availability Grouping to keep one guy from flying into the next bucket and then getting put on SC only to go out again on a trip. The Bucket System doesn't protect guys in that situation.