Originally Posted by
Hedley
If anyone but very senior pilots upgrade they’ll be dealing with early shows, late releases, or both. I really don’t understand this fixation with coming in late for the first day of reserve. If you can’t pick up a trip or get to base in time, go the day prior and get a hotel room. Looking at the bid packs, those shy of the 50% mark get plenty of trips that are not commutable on the front end.
It’s true many commuting lineholders have to come in the night before or stay an extra night after a trip. If any commuting
ever on a non-working day is a deal-breaker, you don’t just need to wait until you can hold a line to upgrade, but a good while after that.
Having said that, commuters should take notice that in the last update the company has agreed to fewer working days for RSV pilots- which I think is a better angle to attack this issue from, anyway, as it benefits commuters & locals alike. As a commuter, you’ll alway be sacrificing some time that a local guy isn’t, but you’re about to be drawing that sacrifice from a larger bank of guaranteed days off.