Originally Posted by
gbruyn
If batch sizes go away completely, I could imagine some pilots simply changing their PCS prefs to AUTO ACCEPT (without auto ACK). That basically in effect creates a batch size of 1. Congratulations, you just made the problem worse (they didn't think we would do that!?)
Instead of fixing the issue, we are creating another issue. We go from 1 extreme (no batch size limitations) to the other (very limited batch sizes) and then BACK to the original extreme. AYFKM?!?
Really glad you posted this as I was about to say something similar but didn’t know who to quote. If batch sizes get bigger (and I hope they don’t) I could see myself making heavy use of auto accept but am unsure of the internal mechanics so a few questions as I’ve never used it.
A: If I put in a slip as referenced above and am the senior person in the batch does ARCOS even run? Or will my phone just ring with the “press 1 to acknowledge” message?
2: If ARCOS does run does it wait the full 15 minutes even though it already knows the answer?
D: If all 15,000 of us put blanket slips in with auto accept on have we done an end run around the company and self-declared a batch size of one?
Omega: Does this strategery work? (If it does I’ll shut up and you guys can have unlimited batch sizes for all I care). I put in a slip like referenced above, block ARCOS and the ARCOS phone number and let the VRU break through “do not disturb”. The only reason my phone will ring and wake me up is because I have a green slip that is mine to say yea or nay to?