But our 2023 MEC said giving up batch sizes was the right thing to do. From Scheduling Alert 23-11:

"This settlement ensures that Crew Scheduling will not be allowed to deviate from the PWA Section 23 N. and O. steps of trip coverage unless the scheduler believes it is necessary to do so in order to maintain schedule integrity AND the rotation in question is scheduled to report within eight hours of the time it is covered. Crew Scheduling is also required to publish in that category’s Daily Trip Coverage"

In one of the C81 comms after the 9-8 vote, RH predicted this exact scenario:

"Crew Scheduling can just wait until the 8-hour prior to report point, and then pull the pin on the hand grenade and yell “fire in the hole” by invoking 23.M.7 and the IA process via the Crew Notification System. When that happens, IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT YOUR PCS or ARCOS SETTINGS ARE. EVERYONE WHO HAS THEIR PHONE ON IS CALLED!"


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