Originally Posted by
TFAYD
so true. And the only reason they do it is because they can. There is not enough cost associated with that to the company.
I hope that will be addressed in a new contract.
but reserve is a choice …
Yep.
And yes, it's a choice until it's not...hence 2020. Maybe that'll be a good thing to come out of corona - that is many more people seeing what being on reserve is like. Although, during the heart of the Rona FSBs were sidelined in the name of social distancing, which in the short run was also a good thing to come out of the Rona. (I'm just trying to be positive.)
Technically in order to get awarded reserve by PBS you have to be senior enough - cause the goal of PBS is of course to first fill all the trips and then put people on reserve. And yet again the year(s) of corona showed us this fact as some senior people were bidding reserve and junior people being forced to line while FSBs were sidelined. Such crazy times.