OT request must be submitted at least 48 hours (and up to 71:59 hours due to 8 AM closing time) prior to trip. Your logic doesn't agree with this requirement. Additionally, the new trip trading system began 0800, 8 Sep, and was terminated later that day. OT requests did not close until the next morning. And finally <g>, the myth of OT pickup affecting anything other than reserve utilization and crew scheduling workload is just that, a myth.