So lets say two pilots are around 5,000 seniority.
That's 50% 320A in Atlanta
That's 18% in NYC
So the NYC guy can get day lines and other things easily traded away to make his'self (don't know any women who Ninja this stuff) to effectively put himself on permanent no-notice short call RESERVE in Atlanta for broken rotations. Usually, this works out to be less pay for him, but maybe a better quality of life. The most aggressive of these players reduce the premium flying in a senior base by ~$25,000 to ~30,000 a month PER PILOT if they fill up with flying that would have otherwise gone out as premium flying. I tracked one pilot (a guy who I actually like and who now lives in base) for a few months (he was not the most aggressive) and it was saving the company ~$12,000 a month.
Most everyone who takes the seniority hit to bid a senior base sees it as breaking in line. C44 has roll call votes and could have fixed the poaching. They're more focused on their next Admin job and are not going to rock their Senatorial Vote count to put Atlanta pilots first. So, it is "legal" for junior pilots to take senior pilots work.
Where things should be improved:
- The company encourages this **** by covering trips the second they drop into open time (as much as 3 days prior) instead of letting the trips run through PCS where pilots could swap >1 day out.
- The company hasn't followed up on NY pilots who are too lazy to drop their trips and instead just call in sick for them, then fly back with Atlanta flying
- PS commuting MIGHT make line breaking less prevalent. (If we gave them a Disney fast pass, would they stay in their line?)
My little one-man war to stop the OOBWS in my category is to drop everything and fight fire with fire, but with a better in-base step of the coverage ladder. My goal is to starve the M'Fers back into their own base.