Originally Posted by Lincoln Osiris

What people here fail to mention is that yes 75% prior to initial open time must be green. However, a day is "green" if there is 1 or more excess of pilots needed to cover that day. So say you have 75% green with every one of those green by only 1 and then the most senior pilot in initial drops his entire schedule that was on all of those green days. Guess what? The entire grid is now red for the rest of the 99.99% in base. Has this happened? Not that I've seen, but it's something that could. So its not as concrete orgasmic work rule as the NK cheerleaders like to make it out to be.