Originally Posted by
Qotsaautopilot
Would you prefer that the whole grid was set to red from the start? Remember how fun that was for 2 years while we waited for arbitration and the company blatantly violated the red/green language. No dropping and you couldn’t even swap a 4day for another 4day on different days even if the coverage was worse.
Red/green may be our single best work rule and people can complain that the grid is red but the point is that it didn’t start that way and the company didn’t change it. Someone is dropping. Maybe those with all red grids just happen to live in a base of folks that don’t like working so the grid goes red quickly. I know I see a good amount of green right now half way through a holiday month.
red/green will be even better with a new contract. Good pay rates, rigs, etc. will have people dropping less and working their trips, which will create less red days, but less open time to swap/add as well.