FDX -- trips not hitting open time?
 

Anyone else notice that trips seem to be assigned lately without ever hitting open time?

I have seen the morning sick dump about 8am eastern as I eat breakfast with the kids. However, I have only seen the night departures lately. Not sure when the afternoon departures are being released.

Noticed the same. Been trying to use 18 hrs of OTP before it gets taken out of my check with no luck. Suspect scheduling is holding back trips and assigning them to reserves to boost utilization. But there's no way to prove that since we can't see behind the curtain. Can any Reserves confirm my theory? Are they beeing used more? Anyway, so much for the transperancy that the last contract was supposed to provide...

SG

How about people that have listed theselves on the "general make up list" in VIPS?;)

I've seen plenty of trips pop (throughout the day), but they are being QUICKLY gobbled up...within 30 minutes or so.

No luck with General make-up either. However, I can't just pick-up anything because I'm a commuter, so as a minimum I need a front end DH (or a trip that's far enough out that allows me to reserve a J/S). Thinking about filing a grievance if they take it out of my pay...SG

MD11 CAP 478/14Jan just popped up within the last 30 mins, as of 0222pm ET

i am an airbus reserve guy and have not seen the utilization increase...at least not in the first 10 days of the bid month...

I agree with you. Earlier this morning (or late last night, depending on how you look at it,) there were 3 trips in 727 CAP open time. Currently there is a BIL overnight for this Sat available. The trips show up (oddly enough, most going to cold snowy places, go figure!!) and get scarfed up rather quickly.

As for a grievance if you can't find a trip meeting your preferences, good luck.

I think it has more to do with people being a little more conservative about dropping trips since the guarantees are going down. Then the trips that do get dropped are getting picked right up within a short period of time, for the same reasons.

Not really any different looking than the last 6-9 months, with the exception that there are not any standbys. Trips have not been hanging around in open time like they were in 2007...