Originally Posted by
Hawaii808
it’s much more prevalent on the HA flight attendant side to bid trips and then trade them to your junior family member as they are qualified on all aircraft. There’s a few husband and wife pilots on the same aircraft and seat that could do this as well.
FAs I don't doubt it for a second. I've known of literally three generations on the job, bidding trips together.
That's probably how this whole urban legend started, people see FA's doing it. Then they see a pilot father/son who got to do a trip together and *assume* that dad is gifting 25 y/o new hire FO primo holiday vacay. Completely forgetting that dad can't trade with an FO. Unless he wants to downgrade first.