Originally Posted by rickair7777

It needs to be done in some order, and seniority is what we use in this industry.

But what UAL does is once you get a pickup/trade in seniority order, you go to the back of the list for subsequent requests until everybody else has an opportunity. That way you don't get a few seniors hogging it all.



This ^^^^

Plus most folks don't want to be tethered to their devices 24/7.