Originally Posted by
DB Cooper
Branching takes seniority to a level not seen in PBS or vacation awarding. Branching should take into account some form of ownership of the trip in question.
Not true. There is "global feasibility" in PBS.
So how do you suggest this works? A senior person can't get their trade just because doing so would award the trip you wanted to someone junior to you. So then they (senior) don't get their trade, but you (junior) do? Something tells me that wouldn't sit well with you if all of a sudden a trade executed below for a junior pilot.
FWIW, there have probably been times when YOU have gotten a trade into a trip via branching that someone senior to you wanted.