Well I haven't used it but I have friends who do and who are about the same seniority that I have here. They are consistently getting the days off that they want while I rarely get anything I want. Not arguing that it's better overall but it doesn't seem THAT bad.
That's because you're late for swaps, TTOT. I almost always had what I asked.
Now I'm a bottom line holder so I have to get what I can and then trip trade. But as reserve I always was one of the first requesting swaps. If they deny those I keep sending request until they got tired of me and gave me what I wanted.