Originally Posted by
TED74
Except you have to remember some significant percentage of Delta pilots didn’t want batch limitations. Without data, I have no idea what percentage…but there was plenty of vocal distain for the speed of the coverage process under the old batch limitations. Those folks would say unlimited batches weren’t a give whatsoever - not simply that the give was too large a quid. For what I assume are mostly commuters, the batch change enables more folks to have time to get into position for GS.
Those people can say it wasn't a give, but it most certainly was, how much of a give is what's in question. I'm not saying we should haven't changed batch sizes, but we should have gained a bit more than what we did. Nevermind we we gave up to get batch sizes. I don't disagree that our batch sizes were too stringent, but there should have been a cap/guardrails put in place. Getting a call at 0300 for a 1700 report with a batch of 99, when I'm number 69 and it goes to #2, isn't the anwser. Are they always like that, no, but I've had a my fair share of them. Honestly, something as simple an easy to use "slider" to turn on/off GS request in ARCOS, or turn on/off auto-accept, would have been a win. One of the "gains," they're apparently not even following lol.