Originally Posted by Denny Crane

So, why not let someone who wants to fly that trip fly it instead of it being inversely assigned to someone who doesn't want to fly it? Especially over a holiday like Christmas?? I get it that, if you have furloughs, you want those pilots back off the street but if the trip is going to be flown one way or another, why not have it be flown by one that wants to do it instead of someone who doesn't?

The only way it might help furloughs is if the trip goes unflown, no-oped. Then it might help them. How often does this happen???

Fire away!! Denny (Not a big overtime flyer) Crane