Originally Posted by
Gone Flying
man, i personally was hoping it would go the other way. I would rather any pilot be able to pick up an out of base trip after X # of PCS runs available to only in base pilots. I guess different strokes for different folks. But then again I probably spend more time traveling and spending time with friends and family in other pilot bases than your average pilot.
Ya man, I get it, we all have our own priorities. But if we make OOBWS more prevalent, that only hurts staffing. Personally, I'd rather have more pilots in category, which means I could either be more senior in category or bid up to that next position. This is also the reason I think we should get rid of the loophole that allows people to Swap with the Pot/Friends up above ALV+15. With better seniority or pay, it might be a lot easier to spend that time visiting family and friends.
Originally Posted by
MJP27
I don't get the OOBWS angst. I was ATL320B and there aren't a ton of OOBWS going out. I count 9 this month so far and it's almost the 14th. Compare that to the size of the category and the number of green slips far outweigh the OOBWS by a factor of probably 5. There are guys already on GS#2 already.
What am I missing? Is a OOBWS stealing GS#3 from a guy driving around peachtree city with his uniform and crew bag in his car? Cry me a river.
It's easy to only see everything through the lens of your current category, but the situation you describe above often isn't a reality, especially during non-rona times. Just because GS currently flow like wine in your category, doesn't mean that's here to stay, or that it's happening everywhere. In some categories (pre-rona), namely WB, GS#1 rarely made it out of the same small handful of pilots and GS#2 was a mostly a unicorn. Also, despite what people who hate on Peachtree City folks (I don't live there lol) love to believe, not everyone who takes GS's lives their lives waiting on that GS call.