Originally Posted by
e6bpilot
Yeah, DTC can be a serious buzzkill. My advice to new guys bidding a weekend line (fri or sat starts) is to immediately trade what you can off of those start days right at elitt open. Worry about the details later. Most of the good stuff in elitt happens after opening day, but you have to be able to get off of those DTC yellow and red days in order to play.
Absolutely.
For the first time in a while, I have been flying with new hires in MCO, and have been preaching this exact thing. Heck, even some old timers are somewhat clueless about how to maximize ELITT's utility.
If a friday or saturday goes positive, dump them for the same (or less, if the stars align and NZ hits a positive) number of days on
any other, but preferably not red or yellow day, regardless of AM/PM etc., layover preferences etc. The positive DTC will not last long on F or S, and, in any case you can always trade back onto those days later. There will inevitably be trips on them because they're red. In the meanwhile, you will be able to trade the new trips for even better stuff that comes along, which you'd not be able to do if it was still on a red day.