Originally Posted by
wmupilot85
I don't see it that way. Vacation low will still be an option. Lets say the window is set at 75-105, with a 85 TLV. I'll lay out the few scenarios here:
- You bid vacation low, so the window bottom is 65, with 75 TLV. It will still try to build you into that window. No change.
- If you cannot build a line up to those hours, then you can have it award you a hybrid line with a few reserve days.
- Or, you can have it award a straight reserve line.
There are no changes at all, other than even more junior people could hold a partial line instead of no line at all with vacation and vacation low.
There are a few problems with your scenarios:
First, "vacation low" bidders are prohibited from holding a hybrid line.
Second, the few remaining trips that may have gone to a junior vacation low bidder, will go to a more senior hybrid line-awardee.
You may say that this respects seniority, and it does in a way, but vacation low gives a pilot a few months of reprieve from a full year of reserve hell.