Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Out of base white slips ahead of reserves is not a bad thing. In fact it's elimination was a concession demanded by the company. They did not want to pay a line holder to fly a trip they could have a reserve fly for free. The old system still allowed any in base reserve to move ahead of a out of base white slip if they desired a specific trip or just to fly via a yellow slip. I would have no problem with changing back to the pre bankruptcy system. Sadly such a change will be costed against us in the next contract even though it was ripped from us in chapter 11.
Hey sailing,
To be perfectly honest, I've re-read your OOBWS stuff a couple of times, and I'm confused. You're saying OOBWS ahead of Reserves is a good thing (the OP wanted them ahead of Reserve coverage in the ladder), and the company wants it. Then you say that the old system favored a Y ahead of a OOBWS, which I understand to mean the new system doesn't. Under that context, the OOBWS already is included ahead of RES. So what is the argument about, exactly?
If you're trying to say that the coverage should be WS>Y>OOBWS, then that would be acceptable.