Originally Posted by
TurboDog
The company is now using lineholders as reservists because it is cheaper for them to operate this way. I personally think this is wrong. If you are a lineholder and you get displaced, I would definitely be asking why?
That's what scheduling thinks, but often it costs more. I just had a four day where I was displaced on day two. Originally day three was worth around 2 hours (1 leg) and day four was worth seven hours (three legs). The trip they put me on was three legs on day three and one leg on day four, so I got about 7 hours each day. It went from a 19 hour 4-day to a 25 hour 4-day.
And a reserve still got "credit" for my original trip.