Originally Posted by
tennisguru
The are two types of PB day usage. PB washing, while technically can be done solo with all blue days, generally almost always requires a partner which means that reserve coverage is irrelevant. What is affected by pre-posted rest is when a pilot actually wants to just drop a trip or reserve day with pay. That can only be done with positive coverage which of course is killed by PPR.
Understand. I'm just talking usage in general. Before we could use them without having blue days, at least in my small little section of Delta, we could use them fairly easily because we were better staffed. I remember using 6 or 7 on the same day trip, simply because we had blue days all month long. With that type of coverage, there wasn't a big need to trade with someone. Obviously it wasn't like that all the time, but it was far better than today. Now, it rarely makes it past the evening of the 19th or past the 0700 PCS on the 20th.