Originally Posted by
ancman
You appear to not understand how the process works.
When scheduling runs WS/OOBWS/GS coverage, it begins with a 12-minute ARCOS offer window. During that time, everyone with auto-accept on automatically accepts the trip, and those without auto-accept on can manually accept. This initial 12-minute window has never been an issue. This is what you’re proposing to eliminate.
The true issue (for the company) is that after that step, each pilot who has accepted the trip now receives an individual 12-minute award window. If 50 pilots have auto-accept on, then the second step takes 10 hours. If 100 pilots have auto-accept on, it takes 20 hours.
In a category with 100 auto-accepts, the step you’re proposing to eliminate currently occupies 1% of the time required for coverage (12 minutes out of 1,212 minutes). The other 99% of coverage time (1,200 minutes) is spent on the second step, the award window phase. Under your proposal, that step would actually take more time, as now every pilot has auto-accept on rather than only some.
A rolling overlapping notification system that advances one pilot every minute with a 12 minute window would cover 60 per hour with a max of 11 unwanted calls.
There is no shortage of possible solutions. The real magic is determining the price Delta pays for implementing it. I'd like it heavily weighted toward soft pay. Vacation, paid APD, etc...