Originally Posted by Herkflyr

Part of the problem with pilots having this attitude versus that regarding overtime flying is the unclear coding and ramifications in DBMS.

For example, a "G" means a green slip. If the pilot getting the GS is a regular lineholder, it is fairly straightforward. He is working on his otherwise days off, permanently solves the company's critical staffing need, gets compensated double pay for it, end of story.

However, if the pilot is on reserve (see ATL 320A) the ramifications for the company are completely different. He is flying a GS on his reserve days off, and gets paid for the trip flown above the reserve guarantee...AND gets the days off paid back! He has not permanently solved anything for the company (and good on him), just their problem that day. But since due to the x-day payback he will no longer be available to them on the days he otherwise would have been, now they have yet another problem to solve a few days later.

A reserve GS, though coded "G" in the DBMS daily trip coverage, functions far more like a green slip with conflict (GSWC, coded "C" in daily trip coverage) than a straight green slip. In fact, I have always wondered why the DBMS trip coverage designator wasn't a different letter for GS flown by reserves vice regulars.