I have a logical solution to this seniority based call out and the problems it causes at comair. If they know about the trip atleast 9-12hrs before report time it is immediately assigned to a long call 2 or long call 1 bypassing less senior pilots on short call. If the trip is know less than 9 hours before call out it is assigned to a short call. A long call pilot will also never be allowed to sit ready reserve. I think we can all agree that is a fair way to process the reserve and if we give the company some ability to use reserves efficiently scenarios like the 1 mentioned above wouldn't happen.

Bid to fly would be honored on on the rundown immediately after the SAW closes so L1 and L2 would not be the only ones receiving trips after the saw initially closes. After the initial rundown bid to fly will only be honored within your respective group.(Long call or short call)