Originally Posted by
Gulfasaurus
As a REG if I pick up a spill trip off the swap board will it drop a conflicting trip in the next bid period with no pay like a WS or will the pickup get denied?
Originally Posted by
konabear
I believe it will drop the trip in the next bid period. ALPA put something out on “how to optimize your schedule” and one of the methods suggested to get the 4th of July off as a junior pilot was to bid off at the end of June and then bid a trip that begins in the July bid period that covers the 4th. Then wait until you can WS a trip in June that conflicts with the July trip and voila you have the 4th off. Be careful to have enough hours available in June so that you don’t exceed the WS pickup limit and foil your plan.
Originally Posted by
blue vortex
there is a box to trip check when you do an open time pick up if you would like the other trip to drop without pay if it conflicts
It’s called “award even if required a drop rotation next bid period No pay”
Guys (or gals),
Terminology and precise language are important here! The original question was, could a pilot pick up a trip off the
Swap Board and cause a conflict with a next month trip. The answer is NO!
You can use the White Slip function to this, as the replies correctly stated. But that wasn't the exact question. You can NOT do this via the Swapboard.
Of course there's a pretty easy solution here. If you see that a pilot has a Swap Board Pickup trip posted, check and see if that same trip is in open time as a Qualified Personal Drop. It should be if the pilot is using all the tools at his disposal. However often times you will see a swapboard pickup, but not a Q trip in open time. If that were the case I would contact the swapboard pilot and suggest he put in a personal drop request so that it falls into open time as a Q trip. Then you COULD white slip that trip to get the results you are hoping for.