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Old 12-29-2009 | 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by johnso29
So what you're saying is that NO ONE can sit reserve at home under the current system?(commuters that is)

I know that to be a false statement, so it's really NOT an improvement over the current system.
Clearly, I didn't say that NOONE can sit at home currently, since I said I can sit SC from home. That's at least one pilot.

I'm saying that, with short calls mixed in in a fairly random pattern, it's difficult for a commuter to plan. BTW, maybe the distribution is not so random: it maybe specifically designed to keep people in base: when you have one morning SX, followed by a LC, followed by an evening SC, then LC (etc.), you're not in a position to go home.

I'd like a comprehensive tear-down of this Reserve System. As part of this, I'm open to differentiating SC and LC "lines", changing the way SC are assignment, or any other positive move that makes things more predictable for everyone, and which value seniority. So the idea has merit.