Originally Posted by
hummingbear
2. RSV rule improvements as a solution are geared at incentivizing junior upgrades. We should be encouraging the company to make the seat enticing to the many mid-senior (i.e., more experienced in general terms) pilots who are passing on the upgrade. These are all potential lineholders, so RSV rules are not a factor in their decision.
This is incredible short sighted. Reserve rules aren't just for junior upgrades. It helps create movement through the ranks. It helps for when a displacement comes. And, especially these days, IT HELPS RECRUITMENT!
Our reserve rules are punitive. I just don't know any other way to put it. Being Narrow Body reserve over the summer, especially as a commuter (i.e. most of our pilots), is flat out hellish. (I can't comment on Widebody, since I haven't done it.)
I just can't describe the feeling I get when I consider upgrading to CA, but then remember last summer, sitting reserve....it makes me want to vomit.
If I were a pilot with options on UAL/AA/DAL/FX/UPS, I can tell you that UAL would not be number 1 on that list, especially when you factor that EVERYONE sits reserve at some point (oh, unless you were one of those people waiting for IOE for 9 months, getting 90 hours a month, then just magically dropped into a line above me, while I kept getting knocked down the ladder; another thing I'd like to see changed in the contract.)