I have a question about our contract. Did scheduling historically look at a trip's "reserve period" (aka ... day trip or night trip) when determining if a trip could be swapped with open time?

In years past, I could always swap a night trip for a day trip working on the same day. In other words, they didn't work the same reserve period (the language used in the new contract).

This was before the company started shading day and night trips in open time in VIPs.

However, since the TA was passed, I am unable to swap different reserve period trips with the excuse that the trips don't work the same reserve period/insufficient reserves. I think this is due to the changes to Section 25.L.8.b.

Anyone else experience this?

We've got to fix this flooding the schedule with Hotel and Airport Standbys.