Originally Posted by
sailingfun
The CQ golden days are really a hold over from when they posted training with no regard to pilot input. Now that we bid for training they really have no function unless you are junior in category and can't hold any of the training slots you bid. They then provide you protection for those days.
For guys like me who are junior in category, they still mean a great deal. I always get sent to training in my first month and I have never bid to have CQ in my first month.
Denny