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TALPAtalker
Is this a new idea? Nowhere in any thread circa 2023 (when I started) was it alleged that using auto-accept was taboo (as you are implying) or damaging in any way (as you claim). It is a way to optimize ARCOS to call you only when you can actually hold a trip, rather than getting dozens of calls for trips you can’t hold. What you’re presenting here is a narrative shift that I haven’t previously read anywhere else, and back when I started, there were a lot more GS calls going out. To my knowledge, the company wasn’t skipping the coverage ladder back then, so why is it our problem to fix when they’re doing it today?
FWIW I have heard this narrative before. It was during my INDOC, when someone from Crew Scheduling made a presentation. They talked about how setting tighter GS parameters can help GS get filled faster. They didn't mention auto-accept specifically, but it was clear that CS was against blanket GS, and if we helped them it would help us. Company kool-aid.
Now I say, too bad so sad. The company can negotiate for a change if that's what they want.
I'll also add that the batch size giveaway of 2023, which I didn't understand the hubub about at the time, it beginning to make more sense to me. I think that increased use auto-accept was/is a direct consequence of it. Way too many nuisance ARCOS callouts.