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Originally Posted by Flightcap
Our SAP is much less effective than PSA's because it is restricted based on the reserve coverage available where theirs is not. Once the reserve coverage for a particular day gets low enough the system will not allow any more drops for that day. The result is that all the drops that can happen have already happened by the end of seniority-based SAP 1 and the junior guys don't get squat in the first-come-first-served base SAP 2 because no trip drop/swaps are able to be approved.
We've only had it for two months so the above is very preliminary info.
Our SAP is also much less effective than PSA because if you know how to bid properly, you can likely get what you want if you are senior enough to hold what you are asking for. In both situations, if you’re trying to fly the least possible per month, it requires a certain level of seniority - PSA, several months to hold a round 1 line, and several more not at a non-outstation base, and same with republic to be senior enough to actually get close to min award (75h).
If you spend enough time learning PBS and FLICA, that combined with our trip efficiency is essentially the same as PSA SAP. 20 off, 76 credit, 15 months on property. All commutable.