Originally Posted by Herkflyr

And then you will have many pilots submitting blanket GS requests (with zero desire to fly one) just to get the batch size penalty payments. Many have done so...and will again.

So...how do we have a system that allows for pilots to have blanket WS and GS requests in, in case an ideal trip pops up...while still keeping it a proffer (GS were not a proffer pre-ARCOS; if you answered the phone and you were otherwise legal to fly the trip as published, it was yours and you were obligated to fly it)...while not incentivizing sharpshooters and open time farmers to Gumm up the system with deliberate slowdown efforts, just to either "stick it to the company" or collect a 23.M.7 or ARCOS batch size violation payout--without which in the contract they likely would not have submitted a slip request to begin with?

I don't know the answer. As I have said before, there is an elegant solution out there. I am confident that the ALPA side, with enough brainstorming, can arrive at a great solution. We have some very smart pilots at this airline. Whether the "in over their heads" folks at the company will agree to something is another thing.