Originally Posted by
LumberJack
We shouldn't have anybody sitting in the airport for hours on end, including commuters. I've done it, I know dozens of people who have done it, some 8 hours, some 4 hours. We universally despised it.
The real solution is to increase SCC and make SC voluntary.
VSC > VAS
One of the few things I thought Alaska did better then us is bidding specifically long call and short call for a month with no conversions. Commuters could bid long call and know they won’t be converted to go sit short call with the normal ALV. If you lived in base you would or could bid short call and the guaranteed reserve credit would jump from 72 to 80. Financially incentivizing those in base to bid short call while allowing those who commute the assurance they won’t have to needlessly come into base and not get used. Win win imo. Also had nice features like princess parking if you were called within 4 hours of the actual report on short call which depending on the base could be great or useless. Food for thought.