Originally Posted by
DL31082
Not on the line between reserve and a line? I'm an oct 8th 2013 hire on the ATL CRJ. Yes I have a line, but in August I didnt. Not to mention that I'm going to the 70/90 in Jan and I will be direct on the reserve/ lineholder line.
Spilt pairing picks are completely different then what your asking for. Pick ups take decreases the amount of open time. Allowing someone to trim a pairing in the bidding process would add time to open time.
Guys that commute would trim all of their trips so that they are always commutable. While that would be awesome it would also throw tons of crappy out and backs into open time that the reserves have to now fly. You also wouldn't be able to bid on the pieces that were trimmed off because they aren't in the bid pack because nobody could predict how someone would trim the pairing.
This whole idea is so unworkable it's amazing. If you think the bidding process takes a long time now it would be forever with your idea.
Not at all what I am saying regard the split. Here was my historical example: In August, I missed a line for two reasons:
1) The three day that was available starting on the 1st put me over my 30/7. If they took the last two legs, I would have qualified.
2) The 4 day that was available left me at only 10 days off. If they took the last 4 legs (last leg of day 3 plus the 3 legs on day 4), again I would have qualified.
There is no reason PBS can't have an algorithm built to recognize this staus as you get to the bottom of the list so the senior person doesn't get hosed over while a junior person gets a line.
As far as I am concerned, if the company says there are 55 lines available, the first 55 people senority wise should get them unless they decide otherwise (which will never happen under our current reserve rules). Now for that matter, do we really need 15 reserves for 50 lines like next month in IAD?