Originally Posted by
SUX4U
Thanks for filling in the extra details I left out. I knew it was agreed upon just hoped the day didn’t come for full implementation. Amazing timing just as we gear up for negotiations might I add.
Out of curiosity have they addressed the awful programming yet for guys trying trade their high credit trips for the same trip just on a different day?
I recall hearing pilot A trying to trade his 28 hour Sydney trip on the 3rd for Pilot B’s Sydney on the 4th. The system was denying the trade because it saw pilot A’s credit dropping below 50 hours and did not take into account pilot A wouls be getting 28 hours right back from pilot B’s trade.
This was probably 'fixed' around the same time as the loophole that allowed reserves to aggressively pick up unlimited short calls and get paid for them.
As far as large block hour trades, I hadn't had any problems doing them but I never checked to see if they temporarily took me below 50 hrs. I know that I traded away a 49+ hr trip for the exact same trip starting on another day without any issues a couple of months ago - that definitely took me below 50 hrs temporarily.
I keep reading stories of guys at UAL who have a hard time trading. I have had hardly any trading issues that I can think of - of course, holidays are always difficult.