two questions
1. Is the trip trade mafia still alive? I ask because it seems some pilots in particular are able to get and see the trips that pop up with great "efficiency." is there some sort of back-door into the trip trade system that we should all know about in order to make it more fair?
2. short term parking at terminal....If doing something for the convenience of the company in order to block out on time due to a last minute call from skeds, is short term parking authorized? Same goes for a reserve pilot? Same question for a SRM trip? I just wonder if different parking rules are in effect for different "status" of pilots and if that is even covered in the CBA. I had a scheduler decline my request to get short term parking for a SRM trip. But, said ALPA would be fine with it if I were on reserve.