Originally Posted by
RStrawberry
This only works insofar as the pilot group is remotely capable of it.
From my experience, and the recent drama shared in class group chats, many of these guys are completely misguided on how picking up premium actually works. They’re too lazy or life constrained to really “hustle” like the “pros” and just want these flights served on a platter to them. And you want them to police the alleged bot usage? I am unconvinced any bots even exist.
I was a junior FO when I figured out how to get some premium. I could probably get 50% of the ones I put in for and I was junior. It involves a lot of staring at FLICA and seeing where the reserve coverage is weak.. Obviousy this favors the folks with more time on their hands or who commit to it entirely. All of these people complaining don’t want to do that. Go figure.
It boils down to jealousy, and you don’t want mob rule governing the pilot group.
And therein lies the problem, There shouldn't have to be any hustle required other than the hustle and the desire to actually show up for the trip ready to fly.
Staring at a screen for hours at a time does not have the payout when looking at the hours required vs hours gained. reCaptcha did nothing except knockout the people using an AutoRefresh script leaving more scrap for the bot people.
A FIFO type system is the only way to do this fairly IMHO
If a person is a regular premium flyer and they say that they aren't using a bot, then they are a filthy liar and I will happily call them that to their face.