New reserve system
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Absolutely agree. I think seniority is going to be more of a player than it is now. However, at the end of the day you still only have x amount of reserves and y amount of open time. It will definitely change my bidding strategy and it may take me a few months to get it right. Worse case I go back to a line. I'm middle of the pack in my bid status and live in base and have had a pretty good quality of life. It's not for everyone. I have a friend close by that's similar in seniority but hates not knowing his schedule. On average he works about 3 to 4 more days a month than I do but he's fine with that.
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Absolutely agree. I think seniority is going to be more of a player than it is now. However, at the end of the day you still only have x amount of reserves and y amount of open time. It will definitely change my bidding strategy and it may take me a few months to get it right. Worse case I go back to a line. I'm middle of the pack in my bid status and live in base and have had a pretty good quality of life. It's not for everyone. I have a friend close by that's similar in seniority but hates not knowing his schedule. On average he works about 3 to 4 more days a month than I do but he's fine with that.
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I think long call will have enough people to actually utilize the blocks. I expect short call to be 'open' because only a couple pilots seem to have the same number of days available. We shall see.
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On average, the pilots on reserve will fly more in the new system than in the old. That's just the nature of having a more efficient system. But yeah, there will be outlyers on both ends of the spectum.
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