Originally Posted by
80ktsClamp
Buckets trump yellow slips. It's really only worth it to yellow if the trip you want is in your bucket or if they are out of pilots in the bucket that pertains to your trip.
And even then, it's likely not going to work if you're in a higher bucket and there are trips in your bucket that need covering. They assign the higher bucket trips first and if you get one, they won't even look at your yellow slip for the shorter trip. Found that out a while back when they gave a 2 day trip I had yellowed for to a junior guy in the 3 day bucket and gave me a 3 day trip (I was also in the 3 day bucket) even though there were no reserves in the 2 day bucket. Seems like I learn something new about the reserve system on a weekly basis and almost none of it seems logical. :P