Originally Posted by Plane Ramrod

CS has two flavors of open trips, published and unpublished. Unpublished is where the 5% withholding allotment lives. Published is what we see in opentime.

Now, I'm not saying they would do anything nefarious down there at CS, but it is possible:

The Reach-Around

A good trip opens, CS parks it in unpub until they contact their buddy (payback for previous 'help', or to insure answering the phone in the future). CS processes the ADD, buddy gets the trip.

The Reserve Gambit

CS parks a high credit trip in unpub until within the 2 day window, then assigns it to a reserve.


Just a couple possible CS plays.

How can you tell it's moved to unpublished OT?
- You get a flica alert and the trip is gone before you can log in. Maybe you got out bid, maybe it's been moved. If a quick check on crew trac shows the trip is still unassigned, it's been moved.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to shake this black helicopter that's been following me.