Originally Posted by
gloopy
Show me the PWA reference that says gravity exists.
Oh, well I guess it doesn't.
Keep thinking that if you want. You're 100% wrong though, and so much so that its not even worth debating. I've literally done what you are pontificating about dozens and dozens and dozens of times. You are allowed (and encouraged) to put in blanket GS requests, for ALL bases at the same time. When they call, tell them where you are and if it works you'll get it and if not they move on no jeopardy.
First, unlike your irrelevant gravity comparison, as previously stated, 23.Q.8.A expressly states, "A pilot
will be obligated to fly a GS or GSWC rotation if he is...notified of and acknowledges the award." This is also supported in the Delta Pilots' Scheduling Reference Handbook (June 2017, Rev 5) on page 42 where that document expressly states that a GS/GSWC is "
Not a proffer."
Now, that being said, current and past practice by the company has not held pilots who submit blanket GS/GSWC requests to the same obligations as, say, a WS assigned with more than 12 hours. It would be very hard for the company to now start treating verbally acknowledged GS calls (as opposed to acknowledging through iCrew where you are committed..or do you disagree with that premise as well?) as a hard and fast obligation and thus a failure to report if you don't accept. However, Cycle is 100% correct that, by the terms of the PWA and the SRH, a GS/GSWC is not a proffer.
Further, while you are certainly permitted to put in blanket GS/GSWC requests, I would be hard pressed to recall a time when I was "encouraged" to do so.