Originally Posted by
Scoop
As I understand it the Swap board and also Swap with friends have no pick-up limit. Open time has a max pick-up limit. Some Pilots use the swap board and Swap with friends to bypass the Max pick-up.
As long as its in the PWA it is perfectly fine with me. My question is why don't we try to remove them and set hard caps on all pick-ups? Both issues, VB and no pick-up limits, seem very similar in that they benefit those who choose to participate with more pay and flexibility at the expense of the Pilot group at large.
Lots of angst with the VB and yet no one seems to care about pick-ups. Reminds me when all the guys were going ballistic about reserves being able to fly to ALV+15 while the company sneaked in 30 day July and August months which is many many times more detrimental to the Pilot group.
Scoop
I'd like to see some data. How many, what categories, etc. exceed max pick up. I suspect this is a new hire, junior issue but I could be wrong. Anything that limits schedule changes would be suspect for me. VBs are an obvious loss of bid package flying available to choose from. That's my issue with VBs. And productivity related reduction in jobs.
Schedule flexibility is a good thing as far as I'm concerned. If you have to pick up a trip with a few hours extra to get the days off you want/need and still have a normal pay month so be it. I don't think many will pile on for regular pay but again I could be wrong. Data is needed.