Originally Posted by
Gulfasaurus
Spot on. I never used auto-accept when we had batch sizes, because I knew that if I got a phone call from ARCOS, even in the middle of the night there was a good chance I could hold the trip. After the giveaway my phone was ringing off the hook for stuff where I was #100 in line. So to eliminate the nuisance, all my GS have auto-accept.
This is exactly why we have Auto Accept, of course. However, we all know that most users of Auto Accept--especially the OOB sorts--have zero intention--or even ability to get in place--of flying any trip. They just want the 23.M.7 money.
And I will say this, a bit cynically I admit. Perhaps this truly won't apply to you, but I'm guessing that the overwhelming majority of pilots submitting every conceivable in and OOB slip of various colors, all using Auto Accept "because I only want to get called if I have a good chance of being awarded the trip" will literally trip over themselves to submit Quick Slips for every hour of every day of the month.
Yes I know: "how dare you imply what a pilot's motivation is for selecting PWA-compliant Auto Accept."
I just care about the PWA, and compliant trip coverage. The company owns most of the recent fiasco (slow trip coverage, ancient tech and IT, etc) but let's not pretend that we pilots aren't part of the issue at all.