Originally Posted by
flying_wendell
Ok, thanks. Sadly this is an education I should've gotten before I rashly put in a yellow slip on an x-day thinking that yellow was the reserve 'green'. Predictably I was assigned a trip almost instantaneously and will now be contributing to the company's profitability (and y'all s profit sharing) through my stupidity. Oh well, at least it was only a day trip.
If it makes you feel better, I yellow slipped a trip as a new hire. First leg the MD80 breaks and strands us. Company asked me to stay there to operate the thing back to ATL (mechanic says he figures it is a two day fix, no pay mind you, it was a yellow slip). Jumpseated back home offline. Lesson learned.