Originally Posted by
MikeF16
If I were to lose a single trip that I would have both wanted and been senior enough to hold, and have to fly a trip that in my eyes that is inferior, it's a loss of QOL. If because trips were moved around in some shell game I'm forced to work a child's birthday, holiday, or any old day I'd rather not then it is a loss of QOL.
You'll never know if this happened. Trips are not pulled from some static pool and thrust apon bases...it's not a shell game, because the old shells are completely discarded for new ones. With the option to operate one or more VBs, Carmen will (potentially) create rotations completely differently to reduce SYSTEM credit. We'll certainly hear anecdotes about how great or poorly individuals' schedules will have been impacted. As you state, "in your eyes" the crappy trip you didn't want could be another man's gold. And frankly, cause and effect between VBs and good/bad experience will be difficult to establish for anyone but those who are awarded VB assignments.
IMHO, this is much ado about nothing until we have exercised at least a few iterations of VB. A year gives us time to do that. Truth be told, hiring and retirements could easily mask some downside implications of VBs. The oenus on DALPA (as demanded by the membership) is to evaluate the effects seniority list-wide and provide that data to us for final yea/nay.