Originally Posted by
labbats
Other than to force a TDY preference why else wouldn't you have the TDY bid choices go as follows?
-NO TDY
-PIE
-MYR
-LAX
-PGD
Instead it was an all or nothing ploy to make a point without regard for anyone's family or personal life. Bid TDY and get a base. Don't bid TDY and roll the dice. Just incredible.
Agree completely. It would be incredibly simple to set up a bid as you describe above. The ONLY reason I can imagine not to set up the bid in that manner was to force pilots to look like they were volunteering. A purely political move on management's part in an attempt to win an argument. And these pilots will now, again, be forced away from home for 22 days strait, unable to commute with their single day off blocks. Makes me recall one of our managers responsible for this when he came onboard and wrote in a letter to the pilots, "family first." Yeah right.