Sometimes a gate agent can move your prior listing over to the new flight and you’ll go on top of the other non-revs. Sometimes they don’t. As with anything in life it is dependent on the people to make the difference.

Also, is it fair to the non-rev pilot on that next flight that you would bump them off their commute? No, it isn’t. There are certain things that simply aren’t controllable. As someone who has been commuting for the better part of a decade I will say this. You learn to roll with whatever and you don’t get stressed out. Also just to reiterate… AA’s non-rev system is 10,000x better than this convoluted mess here at Delta.