Originally Posted by Blackhawk

This has always been one of the big problems at ASA. There is no transparency in scheduling, especially with those on reserve. Because of this, the situation is ripe for bribery and kick backs. When I was there I would go over a month without being called. No kidding. I finished IOE on the ATR in October 2000. My first flight as a PIC was in December- over a month. I almost did not meet my 120 day minimums. Meanwhile, pilots junior to me would max out each month. I overheard one of these pilots talking in the crew lounge about the different things that schedulers liked in exchange for flying; she would buy this one pizza, that one candy, another one actually liked a little cash. I wanted to grab her and beat the **** out of her.
Another time I was awarded a relief line with... 0 hours of flying. The entire month on reserve, "working" T-Day. A pilot junior to me got a relief line with 80 hours, T-Day off. When I called to complain, good old Willy told me he met the letter of the contract- we were both awarded relief lines. Nothing said my relief line had to have more flying.
This MUST be fixed in the contract.