Originally Posted by
Snapdragon
This no pb day thing if allowed would be disastrous for many who use reserve green slips to work less and get paid more. There’s no way in hell I’d work a full month of reserve credit AND pick up more flying on top of that. Res and reg green slips are not the same and I’d be a single issue no vote if they tried to make them look alike. The life of a res pilot would be miserable and crew resources would continue to min run the operation. The pb day is one of the few tools we have to make it hurt when we run hot and needs to stay that way to discourage further staffing blunders. Don’t go trying to solve their manning problems for them.
Exactly right....I like having choices like we have now. If I want to work a lot and make a lot I can bid a regular line and make 130-150 hours or more. If I want to not work a lot and make 90 hours or so, I'll bid reserve and GS a few times. It's good to have choices. And yes, I think less will pick up GS on reserve because the whole point of bidding reserve and rolling thunder is to work less and make a decent wage.