Originally Posted by
Sputnik
I've heard the same. Including from an LCA who said he heard it from RA himself. My impression they weren't looking to put it under the old system where you basically went to reserve (recovery?). Instead I think they were looking at forecasting, basically figuring how much training in a month. Once they figured a given LCA would have 3 of 4 trips be IOE, they'd pull those trips. As in, once A sched complete, those trips wouldn't even be available to be assigned to Bs.
Wow. That wouldn't screw people at all. If you have a senior LCA in category (which is, what, every category?) the good trips are gone.
No trip buy, AND no access to good trips. Two steps back, none forward.