Originally Posted by
waldo135
Right before the ARCOS call goes out, the trip is “assigned” to a lot of people for just a second or two. I assume it’s the way they check if the trip is legal. I don’t fret till I see the asterisk, meaning it’s been accepted.
This is how it works. ARCOS is a notification tool only and has nothing to do with determining which pilots should be offered the trip. That is done the same way it always has been by the scheduler running a trip coverage report. Once the report identifies the pilots to contact the names are sent to ARCOS for notification. This is also why if you accept the trip via ARCOS it does not show up in DBMS. The scheduler has to manually show acceptance in DBMS. They forget to do that often.