Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
This is what happens when the trip coverage ladder isn’t being followed. There’s no way to know if you’re a dealmaker. Awarding an IA instead of a GS is the same thing as awarding GS 1 to someone junior. The senior pilot is losing money for a trip he/she should have flown. At least in the GS situation, a scheduler can be held accountable. In our current state of affairs, there’s no transpsrency.
Pilots are ****ed. Now taking it out on you isn’t right, but you are the junior pilot flying the trip that he contractually should have gotten before you. There could have been a pilot senior to him that wanted it too.
Why anyone is getting ****ed at an individual pilot when the bold is 100% the company's fault is beyond me. Anyone who is angry over the situation needs to direct that anger at the company*.
* with the small caveat that the pilots who really ARE dealmaking on IA#7 are fair game. Pilots getting one, or even two IA's are
not in that category, and no-one should be sniping them even a little.