Originally Posted by
Sink r8
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.
That is exactly what I am saying. Currently crew scheduling gets to decide if a OOBWS is awarded after looking at their reserve coverage. Under the old system a OOBWS went ahead of reserve coverage unless a reserve went yellow high for that flying. Even if crew scheduling had 30 reserves sitting around they had to award the OOBWS unless a reserve puts a yellow high in for the flying.
The change was a concession the company demanded in the 1113 contract so they could better manage pilot utilization.