Originally Posted by
AKBushCo
How easy is it to drop reserve days? I’ve got a class date this summer and it’ll be the first job I’ve had to commute for, so I’d like to avoid 19 days of reserve if possible knowing I’ll lose some pay until I’m senior enough to hold lines.
Originally Posted by
Verdell
Drop? Harder now than it used to be, especially when junior. Can still shuffle them around though.
To expand on this, they recently started pre-assigning rest to reserves, effectively removing those periods from the "reserves available" calculation. That removes about 30% of reserve-available-days, making a lot of previously droppable days undroppable and reducing other days to the point that only the most senior can drop them.
This affects line holder's ability to drop as well.
It's one of the many attacks on the pilot group that they implemented BEFORE negotiations in order to avoid "status quo" limitations.