Originally Posted by
JetBlast77
Ok i thought I was with you but now i'm lost again. Looking at my award report, there were 4 remaining when it got to me, which are the 4 trips that went to the more junior person. These trips equaled 72 hours exactly. There are several people with 72 hour lines and below (some are at 70). Again I had no restrictions on my bid. Every trip was in the pool. Again, im just trying to understand the system.
Here is a situation like yours I have seen. A pilot, 1% below the G-line, waives everything and bids for a line. He has no planned absences, training, vacation, etc for the month. Six pilots junior to him got a line while he got reserve. Five of these guys had a training or vacation event, the sixth simply had a carry in.
Obviously there were plenty of trips to build this pilot a line. So not being able to hit the minimum credit time required was not the issue. The reason he didn't get a line had to do with overall reserve coverage needs. Since he had no absenses for the month, he could provide reserve coverage on days the other pilots could not because of their planned absences. So, PBS put him on reserve and gave the other 6 lines. It stinks, but that is the way it is. Sometimes you get penalized in a situation like this by going into the month with no obstacles that PBS has to work around.
Go ahead and file a dispute anyway. Don't be surprised if credit time or a legality is not the issue that the above is the problem.