Originally Posted by lalique78

You almost right.
First union build lines. Line holders pick up those in seniority order. When biding is close you can see trips in open time. Also you can see reserve coverage and you can start thinking about your strategy for ILIW. When ILIW opens you can trade/swap from open time with limits (can’t go below 60h credit and 0 coverage). Basically I know what I want to do day before ILIW opens.
For example I have the line of 90h and 12 days off consist from 4 trips (17 25 25 23) and I want to more days off, day before ILIW I see trip 1 and 4 have coverage and trip 2 and 3 touch 0 days. And I see the 2days trip in open time of 10h. When ILIW opens I’ll trade trips 1 and 4 for 2days trip and I have now 6 more days off. It could be a lot more combinations.