Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
I'm not sure why. At NWA, the guys that lived in base would bid to work 30 days in a row (last 15 days of month + first 15 days of next month). Then these pilots would not bid long call thus putting them on short-call. At NWA, there was no max silo so being in the 30-day silo pegged you at the bottom of the list until you had about 10 days left. These pilots might fly a trip a month and would get paid 75 hours. The con to the NWA system was there were junior commuter pilots who would never see long call. Also, under the NWA system, you couldn't sit long call on your last day of reserve.
the reason they did it was they'd bid SC because the LC's were the first to get called. These guys that lived in base could basically collect 75 hours pay to not have to work very often if they played the system right. Also under the NWA system when you did the long groups of days straight you got a couple of free days off with the 24 in 7 days rule. so typically they'd get 15 days off a month. For guys that lived in base and didnt want to work, it was a good deal.