Originally Posted by Urbandrone

So people have chosen to be a career reserve, "part-time", pilots with the company, people are upset that the P3 2 on 1 off trick that lets pilots rarely work yet receive guarantee pay loophole is being closed. Folks are also complaining that bidding for a schedule that results in the least possible work will result in a slight decline in pay . Please, I am fairly sure your union even worked to stop this abuse of the system with the new TA. The closing of the 2 on 1 of loophole is great for the pilot group in that it will remove Sr. folks from wanting to stay on reserve get paid not to work resulting in more people flying and fewer people in the credit push giving more people more days off. It will be a better use of company money and resources by making people who get paid full time work full time. For reserve folks the extra day off will be a help, and they get that without giving up any of the guarantee. The addition of long call reserves allowing some Sr. pilots in domicile to bid reserve while putting them in a position to be a productive reserve pilot and allowing line holders to become a bit more Jr. is helpful. The reductions in ready reserve are great as that has been poor use of reserves at the expense of someones time. Longer callouts in NYC and ATL this is huge for out group. The only people who will be hurt by these changes are guys who bid reserve to game the system to try and work as little as possible while getting full pay. I am not talking about the guys who bid days off, I'm talking about the people who cheat to get paid not to work. I think our union and company has done a great job at taking steps to eliminate these abuses of our bidding system.