Originally Posted by nene

Because when CS gives up on trying to fill the onerous amounts of OOBWS requests filed by pilots all over the country who have no intention of commuting and flying a WS in that base, they have no choice but to go to QS (inserted before IA) and essentially paying triple to cover every premium trip. They'd love to have a system where GS ruled the premium again, but they can rarely get to that step of coverage before really jamming up the schedule. All QS did was insert some seniority into the IA process which was a free-for-all and often causes deal making.