Originally Posted by
jcountry
I think those colors are a way of showing coverage for certain days. Probably the red days will not allow for swaps.
I didn't think the system would automatically award anyone a line.... I think it goes down and just throws whatever on guys who don't specify..... And if the most junior guy wants a line and guys above him didn't bid, it certainly should throw them on reserve.
(I could be misunderstanding that, but how would the system even know they want lines? I would think unspecified=most undesirable= short call reserve.)
Deltas PBS system does the opposite if you don't bid, it tries by default to build a line, any line. If it can't then it builds a reserve line.
Anybody can ask for reserve line though and if enough senior pilots ask for reserve then you can be forced into a line even as a junior guy which can happen during busy months on international especially.