Originally Posted by
LeeMat
Exactly what just happen to me (DCA756). I am two numbers below the G line. I put a Reserve group after my regular Line bid groups.
The Reserve bid groups was to protect some days off. Guys junior to me both got regular lines with the days off that I wanted. It's bull crap, because PBS could have built me a regular line with the days off that I wanted. Lesson learned.
Problem is it's a catch-22. You DO want to protect a day off, line or reserve, but if you do not bid reserve to protect yourself you'll get a line but no day off, but if you submit a reserve BG then it will give that to you even if you could have held it with a line BG. The proof here is did a junior pilot get a line AND the day off you wanted?