Originally Posted by
McNugent
Let me get this straight. To really get what you want (or to have the most choices in the ILIW) you have to be ready to pounce when it opens? So what about the folks that are flying, or away from a computer during that time. They just get the scraps? Sounds like an awesome system to me
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If you take the pedestrian approach, then yes. However, if there is something you really really need in the ILIW you...wait for it...IMPROVE YOUR LINE...the month leading up to the next ILIW, through trip trades and/or drops to get the ILIW off. It's like any other event in your life: if it is THAT important to you, you get it off. On top of that, the company usually schedules it late enough that there are very few conflicts (usually it opens at 2200-2300).
But no, you're right: having the OPPORTUNITY to improve your schedule is a way worse system than getting stuck with crap and having no open time to trade with
