Originally Posted by
20Fathoms
Never done it myself so take it with a grain of salt but I believe you have the process correct. Your buddy will white slip your Q trip via PCS. He is subject to white slip limits to do this. After you do the smart sheet magic, he gives it back to you via the pilot swap board which disregards your non-FAA limits and reduces his WS limits back to their original state. Rinse, repeat, toast to buying the good scotch.
You don’t need to do the smart sheet magic anymore. They updated iCrew such that when you put in your PB with PD request, you simply tell it how many PB days you would like to use if it drops. They anlso upped the limit from 2 to 10 events on a day (Hey, progress!!). When the friend picks it up as a Q trip, it processes automatically. The easiest way to get it back to repeat the process is via MiCrew friends. You can either pull it back, or he can push it back. It’s super easy. There was an epic example last year where a 765 FO did this to the tune of 999 hours of credit in one MONTH.
I’m not sure about the WS limit resetting when the trip goes back. I thought the WS limit only went one way, but I’m not an expert on that part. But if that IS a problem (finding a friend with enough WS pickup limit), you can look in the wide report for someone with vacation in the month (because vacay doesn’t count against WS pickup limit) and cold-call them asking for help. 99% chance they will happily do so. A case of beer/handle of scotch would be appropriate. And it’s all 100% legal. Good luck.