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PRS Guitars
Why? Sr people will be able to pass much more under this system since there is no consideration of GTD (time flown for non AA folks) so they will always be at the bottom of their respective bucket. As opposed to now, when they will be first to go if they have flown less than Jr pilots. I think Sr will like this, everyone else…a push or loss.
The GTD is only calculated within a parameter, outside of that seniority comes into play. For the most part it is straight seniority. The reason buckets will suck is that you will no longer be able to shield reserve days by preferencing in to shorter trips. Senior reserves do this all the time and can recover 2-4 more days off a month using this strategy. Between buckets and lagging United by an extra day off a month the reserve good deal will be gone.