Originally Posted by sailingfun

Its legal but the reality is it doesn’t happen much. The trip needs to show up under 3 hours and the scheduler would need to not have pulled coverage at that point. In addition the sniper would need to have logged in and checked open time at the same time. You then have to get through to a scheduler. That alone is probably the deal killer. They also as mentioned need to pay protect the pilot who should have been awarded the trip. That’s a significant penalty for the company.