I’m not one of those who tries to fly a lot, on the contrary. I can count the times I’ve picked up a trip on both hands in the last decade. So it doesn’t make a difference to me either way. But just so we are on the same page, how does someone picking up trips hurt the crew force? Staffing? If so, you could still leave a limit on how many CHs someone can pick up, if that is the concern.

As for making someone whole, simply protect what your schedule ends up once it’s final. If any schedule is removed or adjusted for any reason, you are pay protected for the value of the trip.


There is nothing to imply. Instant trip trading would give instant gratification. And it would drastically shorten the amount of time and effort wasted. And if you read my other posts, you would see I’m for protecting the positives but in other ways.

Also, the only reason I mentioned my previous company was because I was responding to someone who mentioned how it was done at his previous company. The notion that people shouldn’t bring up how it was done at their previous company just because they chose to come here is childish. We should all be sharing the items here and there that were better at our previous companies to try to improve this one!

Any BOT issue can only be solved by management. My guess is they wouldn’t want BOTs either. So it’s a matter of gathering information and providing it to management so they can get rid of them in a way that doesn’t hinder everyone.

Again, this just strengthens the argument for instant trip trading. The senior get what they want through line bidding. And then the senior and junior, on equal footing, can try to trade for open trips.