I didn’t ask for ARCOS, the company implemented it for their own forecasted gains. I didn’t ask for GS to be proffers, the company did that. This gummed up system is of the company’s making and there aren’t any settings to manage (that I know of) to eliminate head fakes and still get called for trips I want.

There’s no false angst on my end. We all know one beauty of this job is leaving it a work. We can’t do that now without sacrificing the premium pay our seniority should afford us.

If the company put a few hours of effort into modernizing the green slip and white slip entry process they could eliminate a ton of drag for the system. Seeing as how they already underpay schedulers and understaff all departments for IROPs, though, they’ve shown they have no wisdom about where to invest for actual savings and efficiency and seem not to care that we regularly implode in flight ops.

I don’t need a perfect trip, but when the company is offering so much premium pay to offset their poor planning and mismanagement, folks can and do get picky. They also stop flying extra at straight pay, which exacerbates the mess. Like almost every other problem - this one is on the company, not the pilots. I don’t choose to cede my own QOL even a little to fix problems they cause and won’t rectify themselves.