Originally Posted by
FyrePilot
Sounds to me like they just need to come up with a proper term and step of coverage for this
Call it whoever gets through first gets a premium trip.
Not inverse assignment to the most junior pilot who is forced to fly it. It may have been like that for 20 years but it still isn't correct and should be fixed. Sign another MOU that we don't get a chance to voice an opinion or vote on to do it.
To do what you would suggest would actually be a simple thing. The final step of the coverage ladder (aka IA) reads:
"Available qualified pilots (in position, in inverse seniority order)"
Which could be changed to
"Available qualified pilots (in position)"
Which is essentially how it's currently being used. Seniority doesn't have anything to do with the current use of IA. Which is a problem that QS hopes to alleviate, at least somewhat.