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Old 11-10-2022 | 08:40 AM
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tcco94
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Originally Posted by MoonShot
Go back 6-8 years ago when there weren’t nearly as many green slips going out. Senior guys still bid reserve - because they worked substantially less than with a line. Senior pilots bid reserve for a variety of reasons. The reserve PB game isn’t new, but it has come front burner due to the massive number of green slips lately. For those that are new, this isn’t how it always is/has been. Senior guys will continue to bid reserve, even if PB days go away.
It’s pretty unlikely we become magically staffed enough and networking scales the flying to have the old school days of good, less fatiguing trips and tons of reserves. So I find it odd to think senior guys will bud reserve to be worked just as much as holding a line for the bottom barrel trips, minus a nice trip on sick call. Unless you’re on an anomaly fleet or small fleet that doesn’t work a lot and is over staffed (like 220) The practice of flying more than we are staffed for started well before Covid and seeing the need for pilots over this decade and lack of where to get them, I highly doubt things get Rosey on the scheduling front anytime soon. Baring some slow down from a recession, which might give us all a breather honestly.
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