Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
Sometimes being told about something doesn’t have the same affect as seeing it for yourself and actually being affected by it.
Are mist of the pre-posted rest days on weekends? Just enough posted to stop all drops and trades?
The bulk of the pre-20th PCS run pre-posted rest comes from the last day of a RES block prior to a golden X-day. For most RES, that would be up to 3 affected days. Pre-posted 30-168 rest would also be posted by the 20th.
I don't think this would necessarily concentrate around weekends, but haven't looked at it that closely. If a higher proportion of RES pilots had golden X-days on Sunday or Monday, they yea maybe the pre-posted rest would land more on weekends (Sat/Sun).
Just as a spitball example, say a category has 300 pilots with 20% as RES, so 60 RES pilots. Each RES pilot has up to 3 instances of pre-posted rest, so 180 instances. Spread those out over a 30-day month, and one might expect RES available to drop by a least 6 pilots on every day in the month on account of this rest, on the 19th. I'm curious if this tracks with what folks whom have been watching have seen.