Originally Posted by
lowflying
It looks like they can bid for short call RAP each day but they can't be assigned the late RAP (D) on their last day which would be great for commuters.
Here's their RAPs:
So hold-up...at JetBlue you have to bid for your RAP on a daily basis?
SCREW THAT. Our system is better than that.
If you bid a morning zone you can be auto-released on your last day as early as 1215 depending on what you bid. More than half of the reserve lines in SEA auto-release by 1715. You can usually call before that and get
released.
I Try to bid a zone that starts at around 1000. That keeps me flying during reasonable hours. Knowing that I will be pretty much assured of flying during reasonable hours is more important to me then being released early on my last day. I am also assured of being able to have a little bit of time on day 1 to run some last minute errands, take the kids to school, etc. My family does not get woken up at 0400 with my phone ringing. I have not seen a sunrise from inside an airplane in quite some time. I have a buddy that always bids the 1700-0700 zone because those guys hardly fly and that is important to him.
If someone can put forward a reserve system that the company would agree to without blowing-up everybody else’s world then I will support it. But if all you got is Jet Blue - bid for zones daily....forget it.
I have a difference of opinion on what an ideal reserve system would look like. This has nothing to do with drinking the kool-aid in SEA. If we can’t tell the difference between the two then we are truly screwed for 2020.