Originally Posted by freezingflyboy

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