Originally Posted by
ancman
In some ways it’s linear, in other ways it’s exponential. Either way, the industry adage “seniority is everything” is unlikely to ever change.
Should senior pilots only be allowed to hold one “Gucci” trip every month, after which their next PBS-awarded trip must be a 5-day full of Florida turns in order to give a captain with 3 years on property the next Gucci trip?
I think intent is very important. When I mentioned leveled drops, the intent was eliminating the incentive for M7 farming. I'm not married to the idea, I really don't care. I didn't even use my APD in 2025. We can level SS, we can treat OOBWS as a QS with a single acceptance window... We can skin this cat multiple ways.
Wanting senior to exercise their seniority without exploiting loopholes that negatively affect the rest of the seniority list is not watering down or abrogation of seniority. Bidding all "Gucci" trips on your line is within the intent of our PWA. Farming M7, is not. Not by the company or the pilot group as a whole.