Originally Posted by
Mesabah
Yes, but it impacts junior captains the most, and those are the pilots being targeted for retention.
If we give the company another means of contact while removing something that most impacts pilots that the company wants to retain, then that's a double-win for the company.
Originally Posted by
Mesabah
Another thing to consider, from what I have seen over a decade of reserve, is that RR actually increases schedule disruptions for line holders, because RRs are used as a last resort. If you have ever sat RR, you rarely ever get assigned anything. It also results in poor reserve utilization.
Those are fair points, but again, the overall percentage of impacted pilots is small. Ready reserve as leverage works in our favor. We need big gains to offset both that and direct contact.