Originally Posted by
Justabusdriver1
I think within 48hr first come first serve pick up by a reserve is fair but a seniority based pick up would be good too. Just somehow allow reserves to choose a preferred trip rather than waiting for a random assignment that fits their rap if it’s within the 48hr window where line holders can’t pick it up in open time. Would rather see that than allowing reserves to drop r days. Dropping r days would likely turn the grid red most days of the month.
This would be convenient, but it would take away from premium.
Ex.: You’re R07 and commute. You see a trip in OT that would hav you report by 8:30. Let’s also say that if you pick up that trip, you’ll have 2 flights to get you in to be protected by the commuter policy. In this case you, you’d win.
But if the current system stayed as is, a pilot could’ve gotten it on the XY List and you continue to sit reserve.
Which one is better? Not entirely sure, but I do know that these types of items are behavioral items and that’ll need to be addressed in the JCBA. We’ll have to decide as a collective group how we want life to look like at post merger JB while on reserve.