Originally Posted by
Meme In Command
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.
That horse has already been beat to death in the other threads, so I won’t rehash it. But you and I both know that the value of M7 farming can, and likely will, be spread to other areas of the contract in the next cycle. Blowing up the rest of the contract (i.e. by implementing something as unpopular as drop leveling) is not a necessary part of that.
In the meantime, “senior” extracting additional value from the contract is not a disservice to the rest of the seniority list, especially when that value will be spread throughout. “Additional value from AA/M7 is not an intended part of the contract” is management speak. Calm down, wait for that value to be cashed in, and quit the jealousy toward other pilots who have found a great deal in the short term.