Originally Posted by
DLax85
Valid thread/post--- but let's not cast the net too widely.
Last month, I was trying to trade a trip for an airport standby in order to (hopefully) commute home a day earlier.
The computer wouldn't accept the trade and I realized the only way to make it happen would be to drop the trip and then pickup the airport stby.
Of course, that's a gamble if you don't know what's in the que and don't know when the requests will be processed.
I called the scheduler and explained it.
He first confirmed nothing was in the que and then offered to stay on the line with me while I inputed the drop and pickup, and then he "processed" those requests immediately.
I watched all the little electrons flow within seconds before my very eyes.
In the end a very, very positive experience with scheduling.
(....yes, I actually just typed that without any sarcasm intended!
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I have done this same thing twice. Like you said the big problem is knowing if anyone is in the trying to grab that sweet XTRA before you drop to get it. However, not all schedulers are cut from the same cloth (the first point of this thread), and there should not be a que ( the second point of this thread).
I think we are all in agreement.