Originally Posted by
172skychicken
Another one to file under "we didn't think they would do that." Batch size limitations have made the greenslip coverage process clunky enough that in some cases scheduling has been skipping the process if the senior pilot eligible declines the trip and rerouting pilots instead. That way it "appears" they have followed the coverage ladder when in fact, they have not. ALWAYS file an Ace report if you're rerouted. That is all.
It's a tradeoff. We can have no batch size limitations and hundreds of pilots could have their phone ringing for every green slip that goes out. Or, we could go back to the old days and they can call one by one with 10 minutes between each call. IMHO, we've hit a relative sweet spot. Don't make us all a slave to incessant Delta phone calls because our reroute language is terrible - fix the reroute language.
Personally, I like calls for green slips when it's plausible that I could actually get that green slip, or one of several offered. There's no system that is going to please everyone in every circumstance - particularly when the company doesn't follow the contract anyway. Be careful what you wish for, and don't expect the company to comply with whatever language we have at any given moment. That's too expensive and/or too bothersome for them, and paying grievances for violations we hunt down with our own dues dollars is very much preferable for them.