Originally Posted by
2GoodEngines
Y’all have given me a great picture. You mentioned something that I was thinking was probably true - you need to be off duty at the open of ILIW for sure, and should try to get that during the ILIW for the next period. So just to confirm, the company DOES leave some open time available after the initial bid to facilitate swapping during the ILIW, correct? Otherwise I would think the only thing you could do right at the window opening would be to drop trips, then wait for others to do the same, then start picking trips back up if you desire. Am I understanding that right?
The company does leave open time available for swap/pickup in ILIW. The important thing about the ILIW that I dont think anyone already said, is you can't really "drop" trips as in personal drop. Everything has to be facilitated through a trade. So when they say "drop a 4-day", what they are really doing is trading 2 4-day trips from their current schedule for 1 4-day trip from open time. This trade will net you an extra 4 days off.