Originally Posted by
tennisguru
An if-needed YS can never waive the 18 hour between assignment protection. Only a first-in-sequence YS will waive it.
I thought that the "If Needed" acted exactly like a YS if you were identified on the TC report, which would allow you to waive the 18-hour protection??
From the SRH, under "Preference Qualifiers If Needed to Fly or for Short Call"
...If one of those pilots submitted a Preference Qualifier If Needed to Fly, the preference is treated identically to a YS and the pilot’s qualifiers and quantifiers will be considered in seniority order.
Separately, a year ago, I seem to remember that CS was ignoring anything but the first YS time for SC. Anyone know if they are still doing that?