Originally Posted by
busdriver12
I agree. Ain't gonna happen. An educated guess tells me these guys are on FxCal all day, pinging every couple of minutes. They aren't leaving their phone to their spouse, friend or neighbor to cover the times they're in the air. Not gonna happen. Plus the fact that the company can easily track if you're in the air and manage to put in for something.
I go with the theory that they had heads up on the charters.
Here is how I believe they (we all know who they are) acquire the charters:
General Makeup Submission using PMU (#1 on the open time pecking order is PMU...PNP is #2 so this isn't the problem imho)...something like min 4-max 7 day, DDH, International should do it.
Then just wait...and this request will earlier time stamp everyone else...even those hawking open time. They might have tipper on charters but it isn't required.
Ever wonder why a trip gets frozen (FZ)? I believe it is because they are waiting for #1 PMU guy with the volunteer request in to either accept or reject the trip...maybe he is flying and that is why a trip gets frozen.
A trip meeting his criteria pops into open time and while all us mortals are clicking away on FxCal trying to get it...guess who gets it...PMU boy.
There might be some way he drops the trip and picks it up at 3 am to preserve PMU but I'm not sure about this as I have never had an hour of PMU. Does it expire? Can it be recycled and reset? I would like to know how these guys are constantly able to have so much PMU. That is what seems fishy to me. Everything else is legal and isn't a BOT imo.
Standing by for spears and please tell me where I'm wrong so we can figure this out.
As a side note, PurpleToolBox, congrats on living up to your name. Your 3 hours open time suggestion and priority going to senior guys for open time is the dumbest thing on the internets today. Here is your sign.