Originally Posted by
crewdawg
Not entirely true. There are instances where the the number 1 reserve will get coverage and someone junior did not. It's rare, but I've seen it happen.
Correct. I’m not sure, but my guess is this can happen when PBS can add only a day to a senior pilot’s reserve group, vs drive a whole new reserve stretch for the junior (next most senior), the more senior might get unstacked. But that’s just a guess. 🤷♂️
Top 50% of line in a holiday month (which is 8-9 months of the year)
Top 70% of line in a non-holiday month.
Top 15% of Reserve are all theoretically protected from unstacking/coverage.
The Engage podcast from Oct 22 does an excellent job of explaining the in’s/out’s of all this.
Also, the PBS reference handbook has an excellent discussion of strategies for bidding in a holiday month. Lots of resources out there.