Originally Posted by
Malter1
I was wondering the same thing but then I started looking at what trips were assigned to the guys with secondary lines, and there sits the majority of those disputed turds. Forgive my newby ignorance, but aren't many/most of the disputed pairings put into the secondary lines?
The only way you can be assigned a disputed pairing other than on reserve status is to specifically request the pairing by number on a VTO request, voluntarily under VLT/DFT or some kind of make-up. This includes using the general MU or VLT request. If the trip fits your request you can be assigned it.
The guys getting these on VTO's are requesting them. If a DP is put on a VTO without request (which has occurred) then the pilot MUST notify the Company and the Union to fix it.
There is one gray area, SUB. You can be assigned a DP on SUB. If you are assigned one in SUB then you need to make the call on how turning this down will affect your personal life. A short trip would be a easier choice than a long SUB trip being assigned that is a DP. This should not be much of an issue in MEM as most or ALL of these trips are being picked up and are not available for the Company to assign to reserves let alone fill SUB windows.
Hope this helps.