Its not worthless although I have to admit I've seen much better systems in the RJ world, FAR BETTER than icrew or ecrew could ever become.

But I know when I'm next to be called based on looking at what the pilots ahead of me in my bucket of days available have been doing.

Sometimes it just means looking the day before on the reserve availability list to see if they were used, if they had SC and that might prevent them from being used and sometimes I have to look at their schedule to see if they're currently on a trip. If you're 3-day ends tomorrow and you're on reserve you'll show available. So between looking at open time, look back, and knowing that trips seem to amazingly come open if they touch a weekend then you know you're going to fly. Sometimes I ask for SC, sometimes I avoid, sometimes I jump on a trip with a lower RAW and y-slip and sometimes I don't want to be found.

Also, 30-7, getting everyone to 69.9 hours, etc., days left, SC status, etc. all plays into the mix. Its not very arbitrary, I've called before when I didn't get something I want and they're explination was legit and you have to take it.

Ideally though, it would just come out and say on the Reserve Availability List what the pilots last assignment was. Then you'd know better, but again not completely.

Actually, ideally we'd scrap E/I crew for something better. And get rid of the dump clip art. Annoying sounds, the requirement to find the little box and put a Y in it, or the fact I can't see a trip on open time and just click on it and say yes, please G-slip, W-slip, Y-slip said trip. Simple stuff.