Originally Posted by 1234

Qualified trip is someone that is assigned the trip but they are trying to drop it.

Qualified Personal Drop (QPD) -- A QPD is a denied APD or PD rotation that is placed into the open time pot with a “Q” designator for another pilot to pick up via a white slip or swap with the pot. The rotation remains on the original pilot’s schedule until it is picked up by another pilot. If it has not been picked up 48 hours prior to report, it is removed from the pot and the original pilot remains responsible for flying the trip.

A denied APD or PD request that involves a single rotation will become a QPD. If your APD or PD request preference involves more than one rotation within a single priority, then that request will not become a QPD. If you submit multiple APD/PD priorities each with a single rotation and none of the priorities can be awarded, then all of the rotations become QPDs.

Remember- If a QPD trip has not been picked up 48 hours from report, it will be removed from the open time and the original pilot will be responsible for flying the rotation.