Originally Posted by
jdavk
They'll never change. Back in the day CAL had an LCL (before they figured out that they could just convert everyone to SC before the month even started) and they always assigned the long call pilots first because they knew that one cloud in eastern PA would cause EWR to melt. In that case, the LCLs were of no use to the crisis recovery mode.
With the everything shaking out how it is, I don't see guys taking LCL very often after these first few trial months. It offers no pay advantage and if you end up working 18 days a month, that's not a great deal at all.
As for VEC, I guess guys will have to report in on whether the pay bump was worth it.