Originally Posted by
Abouttime2fish
Disclaimer - not my current seat was browsing for future awareness.
But, out of base GS would be awarded prior to the IA’s, also goes before reroute (at least in theory). Agree at his seniority level there are no guarantees. Maybe he’s not at trigger, lots could be going on. But at face value it looks like he could play the game better, for his own self benefit. That’s all I was pointing out. I’ve taken my share of oob trips when it works for me. But if we all play the game better we all benefit. Something about strength of team, weak link, something nautical….
Have you looked at said pilot's schedule? There are a ton of reasons why it's better to white slip vs Greenslip. Said pilot could be starting a 5 day trip tomorrow in their base. An easy OOBWS conflicts with a a trip in the next bid period and drops said trip unpaid. An excellent technique that is used often by Credit Surfers to clear their schedule. I urge you to stop judging at face value and realize that's there's more to the game just blanketly going for GSs