Originally Posted by
blue vortex
Does anybody know the answer to this convoluted Payback/Whiteslip question?
I recently used a PayBack day to drop a one day trip, then White Slipped it back (now the trip is on my line twice for essentially double pay) Now, I have more payback days available. Can I repeat the process-- drop the same trip with another PB day and then WS it yet again?
Thanks,
BV
I tried doing exactly this 2 summers ago. After the 3rd PB was applied it seemed to confuse the computer. I ended up having to call Alpa and they worked with scheduling to sort it out. I don't think there is a reason you can't do it (other than your Sked only has 2 columns). My end result was they gave me back one of my PB days and pulled the trip for the 3rd time and we all pretended like it never happened...basically I picked it up and dropped it twice and left it at that - never flew the trip.
I'm not sure if you could press to test (I was just happy to not have to fly the trip so I didn't push too hard) and successfully do it a third time. I do know that they had a really hard time even understanding what I was up to, and doing it a 3rd time required manual intervention from scheduling.