Originally Posted by
tennisguru
This all comes down to the fact that the company has complete discretion when it comes to assigning rest periods. There are no PWA guidelines preventing them from doing what they are doing.
I don't think that pre-assigning rest is inherently a problem though. It's more about how they're using it to "create" conflicts.
If a pilot is legal for a trip on RES, they should count as available, both in RUO and in Reserves Available. Pre-posted Rest should be irrelevant.
The monster that has been created here is that somehow pre-posted rest creates a conflict in a very similar (identical?) way to what an actual rotation award/assignment does. I think that's the problem that needs to be fixed/addressed.