Max pickup
 

I thought I understood max pickup but now I am in doubt as I don't do this very often. Bottomline, I did not think that picking up trips off of the swap board reduced max pickup. I picked one up tonight and noticed that my max pickup had been reduced by it leaving me 8 hours and change. Now I cannot WS anything else this month other than a one day. Is this correct? I called scheduling to confirm and we went in circles not understanding one another.

You can swap above max pickup, but are still limited in WS pickups by that time cap.

Also IB the parade of people telling you that you’re hurting yourself

Max pickup is the limit you can WS.

If you take a trip off the swap board, you're not limited by max pickup.

Now that you've taken a trip off the swap board, that credit is on your line and reduces your max pickup, as you've seen.

Therefore, yes, all you can WS now is a 1-day trip, as long as it's under 8 hours and change.

Edit - what OOfff said, both comments

You can, however, pick up another trip off the swap board to exceed the max pickup.

EVERY trip you pick up on the swap board goes towards your MAX pick up time. The ONLY difference is open time has a cap (max pick up) and the swap board does not.

What about swap with the pot? If you have only a couple hours remaining in your WS Pickup limit, can you do a SWP into a trip that increases your credit by, say, 10 hours?

IMHO the pick up limit should apply to everything, including swap with pot, swap board, swaps between pilots, etc. All this pick up above the limits is costing jobs and advancement.

Vacation should also be pay and credit!

I’ve heard this a lot but I don’t know what it means. Can someone please explain?

I never pick up additional flying so I’m lost on these nuances.

Think of all the jobs and advancement we could create if the monthly cap was 65 ! And NO flying above !!

Yea, that's the ticket ..."we need to protect us from ourselves" !

"It will help more pilots therefore, it must be good"!

"Free market be damned...socialism for all" !!

"Equal pay for all pilots"!!

"I don't want to work any more", therefore I WILL try to restrict you from working more so that I can feather my nest with no extra effort due to more rapid progression, and restrict your unbridled ambition to seek the bestest for your family thru extra work.

"Get the placards out let's march in true union fashion.....get the inflatable rat"