Originally Posted by
Herkflyr
I'll be glad to see it. I will also be interested to see if QS actually become sort of rare, and good ol' GS come back to traditional levels. Why? Because now that true seniority will be honored, perhaps there won't be as many pilots across all seniority levels cynically putting in all manner of in and OOB slips with the sole goal to slow down trip coverage and force the 23.M.7/IA route.
As in "what, I did my part, with all the slips and Auto Accept, and a premium pay trip actually went out senior to me and I can't call scheduling any more to say 'here I am, whattaya got?' I guess I'll just stop doing the slip/AA game."
So, fewer deliberate attempts to throw a wrench into trip coverage, equals less need for the company to halt trip coverage and do the whole 23.M.7/QS thing to begin with, which means they might be covering more trips with WS/GS without a 23.M.7 payment.
I will be curious. But even if nothing changes at all from today's processes, I am glad that QS are coming.
I don't think trip coverage is going to work like you think it will - how do you think CS will get to QS?
A QS is just a step they'll skip to when time is critical. They'll almost always still pay a 23m7 pilot, it just the trip will go out to the senior person who raises their hand rather than a free for all that the IA process is right now.
Yes, that's a good thing but it's not going to change the trip coverage sequence.