Originally Posted by
texas1970
in my experience, getting out of flying while junior has been easier here than even Spirit. You just need to know how to use PCS really well with drops and swaps and strategically placed APDs and IVDs. At spirit, reserve pilots could not drop or move any days regardless of coverage.
Eww, that’s gross. No way that passes muster here. I agree, by and large we have a lot of tools at our disposal to manipulate our schedule. 3x per year you can drop a trip with will below blue coverage. With a little schedule flexibility you can play the worse-swap game. Ultimately someone is going to be flying the crappy trips on crappy days. Generally those are the junior REG and RES pilots. That’s the story of air line life for 100 years. I am moderately sympathetic to new hires who get stuck near the bottom for a while. I have no sympathy for someone who bids any NBA or WBB or WBA at or near the plug then complains about the facts of being junior in category.