Originally Posted by
Superpilot92
Anyone cups bid longcall but the senior guy bidding it got it. So if you were senior on reserve you could sit longcall all month while the junior guys sat shortcall all month. You also bid on the wrap times if you cared. Both systems had their pluses and minus's and now we need to take all the pluses and make the current system better.
True, but if you bid long call you were first to fly. If you were trying not to fly you wouldn't bid long call. Smart bidding of days off strings and certain RAP times were much more effective to get extra days at home, however it was only a benefit for non-commuters. The commuters usually wanted to fly if on a RAP. Bottom line...commuting to reserve sucks either way.