Originally Posted by
tennisguru
Really IA has been obsolete since they switched to the robocall. At that point it went from Inverse Assignment to Inverse Proffer, again to whoever could get a hold of scheduling the fastest. I don't know when IA's went away from live schedulers calling people and forcing them to work if they answered the phone, but it was before I was hired. Proffers coupled with the arrival of ARCOS has blown up the IA process, hence why there needs to be a new type of coverage step for close-in (2 hours to report or less?) rotations. 1 single callout batch in ACROS, no auto accept/acknoweldge. Done in seniority order like all the rest of our premium pay. The senior most pilot who raises their hand gets the rotation - you cannot decline an award. Declining an award is the same as no-showing any other rotation (PBS awarded, WS, SWP, etc) which would bring in CPO involvment. If scheduling had to skip coverage to get to this step then a 23M7 payment is still due.
I disagree, this would give scheduling the power to hold trips and assign them late in hopes of getting off cheap. I have no confidence they will get the 23M7 correct or do it at all. We need a lot of other fixes before we go to a short notice non-proffer type of coverage. This would also aborgate seniority because short notice doesn't allow everyone to participate unless they are going to be phone available 24/7.