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Old 03-11-2013 | 08:53 AM
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Originally Posted by MD11Fr8Dog
There would need to be some lag or waiting period, otherwise, you'd never be able to use OTP or PMU.
Exactly. Make it "real time" for a trip leaving in a couple of hours, but as the trip gets farther out, increase the window before it is assigned until is is at least 24 hours. That protects those out flying. The order of assignment for those longer out there can be based on some other metric, starting with OTP, PMU, then maybe leveling/hours cap (my preference), seniority, inverse seniority, or some other parameter.
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