Originally Posted by
tennisguru
Don’t get held up on the 15/batch number. That’s just one possible number out of many that could be used (1, 2, 5, 8, etc), either set all the time or variable based on nighttime hours and/or time to report. The point is more the overall concept not the nitty gritty details.
The company used to have this and...drumroll please...it was violated all the time. And often, just as slow. Read the old comms about RCOS violations.
ATL schedulers calling at 0700est for example not realizing the west coast pilots they were calling were asleep at 0400pst. Instead of proper training or automation that would easily fix this, the company wanted to go with changing the rules to what we have today. Let them deal with what they asked for and wait and see how things pan out during negotiations. After QS there is zero reason to rush, we're in a good spot.
The company has shown they rather throw roughly $200m per season at the issue rather than staff the scheduling department and pilots adequately. So the next "solution" will have to come during section 6 and recapture that quid to the pilot group, however they end up going about it. Don't give that away now, even if the process is a mess.