Originally Posted by gloopy

Commuting is a reality of the industry. Many air commuters have a more reliable and less stressful and less tiring ride to work than many "locals" do.

I disagree with your implied assertion that (air) commuting is some radically eccentric risk taking adrenaline junkie behavior that deserves the hammer of justice being brought down upon it for daring to be so flagrant as to do something so dastardly in the first place.

I'm referring specifically to a booked JS. That is the exact same thing as a booked PS DH. Even if its the only flight to work, in many, many cases so is the DH, including lots of trips all over the bid packs (I'm not referring to international "iron men" as that's a different animal entirely). Even if the 1 booked JS became policy for most applications, since by definition it would only apply to one pilot per flight, the large majority of commuters would still require 2 flights as they do today. However this would cut down on fake JS bookings that spousebots make at 12:00:01 PM several days prior for backup flights because someone else had the one they wanted but booked it as their backup flight etc.

There could be reasonable stipulations put in and we can debate what those cutoff times should be (scheduled arrival prior to report, etc) but the fact that the company can and regularly does book their own one flight DH's including in the bid pack a month in advance means that its statistically not a very big deal to do so. A booked JS is 100% as reliable a ride to work as a DH is relative to the same arrival buffer time before the next scheduled operation; you're getting on and can't be bumped so the only variable is the flight being late or cancelling...VERY rare...(usually way later than A+14) which is the same risk the DH'er on the same flight often faces anyway.

Your contempt for commuters in general is duly noted and appreciated with all of the respect that its owed. But a booked JS counting as a one flight clause is very reasonable, in line with what the company already frequently chooses to build in, and statistically less likely to result in a bumped pax than today's 2 flight policy.