Originally Posted by
RockyBoy
It shouldn't cost jobs if you pick something up off the swap board. If I pick up a trip, another guy just sits home instead of me. It's not picking up uncovered open time like a WS does. I do agree that swaps cost jobs because I can swap a 1-day for a 2-day and go over the ALV+15, but pilot to pilot swaps and pickups shouldn't cost us any jobs.
That would only apply if the person dropping the trip has no intention of picking up something else. 90% of the time they are dumping a trip to grab something else.