If you're at Delta here is your chance to voice your opinion about trip parking. The paper and ink is free so have at it.
Now what is Trip Parking? LeineLodge has a good example:
Originally Posted by
LeineLodge
Say for instance I'm at "Average Line Value"+12 (with max pickup being ALV+15). I see a trip in open time that I really want to fly, but it is 15 hours. I cannot pick that trip up because it would cause me to exceed max pickup.
The key to trip parking is the swap board is not limited by max pickup. Therefore, I call a friend, who happens to have a low time line for the month, and has those days off. He Whiteslips the trip, and then "swaps" it to me for nothing in return. I just circumvented the intent of the max pickup, but technically did not break any rules of the contract.