I bid secondaries quite often. And, have to say the system is much better under the new rules in the contract. However, with the new CIC part of the system..It does somewhat negate the improvement for VTO guys to view actual open trips.
It doesn't seem that it would be that difficult to separate, and delay, the VTO request deadline for 24hrs. So, you're not wasting everyone's time by requesting trips that have already been picked up by CIC.
Of course, the company will most likely not do anything about it, until we've negotiated for it. It would only cost them $$ to change the software. And, who's MBO would that come out of?