Originally Posted by
VBone
I disagree that it sticks it to the bottom of the list. For the most part the bottom third is on Reserve and would get to sit at home if the disputed pairing gets picked up. And when the dispute gets fixed they are not senior enough to hold it. If the YOW 37 credit hour that blocks 12 disputed pairing was not disputed it would go in the top 20% of the senority list.
And how is it unsafe for a line guy to fly the dispute once but a guy on Reserve can fly two weeks of them back to back.
So, for 3 months, the reserves fly the disputed trip. Then it gets fixed, the reserve guys get to stay at home, and the senior guy gets to fly a much better trip. Then when you get senior, you continue to fly a much better trip.
Vice a non-reserve flying it for 3 months, it gets removed from the DP process, and now EVERYONE has to fly it that way forever.
Rocket surgery...
And handing a DP to a reserve doesn't make it more safe. I don't know where you came up with that.