Originally Posted by
notEnuf
Once they start a step they have to finish it. If that looks like it will take too long, then 23M7 will go senior everytime because they cant count on the 100th person who actually wants that OBWS to actually have a chance to acknowledge it. They can't take the chance it doesn't finish, they can't skip a pilot(s) within a step and they can't run concurrent coverage on multiple steps.
The first sentence is incorrect. It’s been a common misconception ever since 25-05 was signed.
They absolutely can stop coverage before a step is fully completed. 25-05 simply requires scheduling to skip to a
later step (such as QS) after stopping coverage mid-step and using 23.M.7. They can’t skip pilots within a step, meaning they can’t stop coverage at WS pilot #5 and award the trip to WS pilot #100.