Originally Posted by
Herkflyr
I suppose I'll let the cat out of the bag. The beauty of rolling thunder is that it in effect functions as a GSWC...but is covered under the earlier, GS step of coverage. The company has no choice but to award the reserve GS. Often times they will do everything that they can to avoid GSWC, and they are still rare for the most part.
I remember in one of the “navigating summer flying” things ALPA put out, rolling thunder was discussed. I have talked with several people who have had good success and generally seem to fly less even though they are crediting substantially more.