Originally Posted by
fishforfun
You obviously haven’t been a NB B for a very long time. No dropping trips and then flying premium. No dropping trips at all except for APD and IVD. Thank god for those.
There should be no trigger. None. Zero. You want me to fly on a day off, pay me. If you want or need it that bad, pay up. Simple as that. If you want to drop your schedule and roll the dice you’ll get GSs in their place, good on you.
I like it....The only thing that could happen is Delta may actually increase staffing and mostly do away with greenslips if no trigger exists. Something like a 50 hour trigger could be a better option. Most pilots are above the trigger anyway during a normal month..Also as mentioned above, Delta will just keep staffing levels where trip drops would be almost impossible. The super senior guys would really make a killing if no gs trigger exists. They would just get the best trips in the bid packet and drop via the swapboard when staffing is marginal to gs. I'm good with that, but most pilots will complain.