Originally Posted by
Chato
I have appropriated a few trips myself in the past. I see people trying to pick up OT for the next day using the automated system, FYI this won’t work.
You wait until it is assigned to a reserve then at 5pm call and tell crew schedule you want to “appropiate” whatever trip it is. This will give YOU the OT premium and whoever is on reserve will go back to reserve.
I am putting this out there just in general so people get an idea of how it works.
Hold on sparky... let's try to keep the reserve guy in mind. I am all for appropriating flying for more OT. But don't call at 5pm. If the dude has proffered for a trip with a 6pm show on day 1 so that he can commute in, but you appropriate it before he can confirm, then he gets sent back to his default RAP 1 with no way of getting to work on time. It would be nice to at least give him a heads up to confirm before you call so that he can keep his show time and then get his cancellation hotel.
I recommend a PM through the appropriate facebook group.