Bert Sampson

It’s almost as if different people have different experiences

Trip7

We made it thru Memorial Day unscathed but the first weekend in June is looking like a bloodbath. The fun starts June 3rd. Especially in NYC. Might get some GSWC this weekend

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JamesBond

All I got is NQAT

BlueSkies

Basically that. I've been negative for 6+ months while making 90-100 hrs but always at 70ish of straight pay so haven't been able to repay it. I was just wondering why they care how it's repaid (GS vs straight pay). Honestly other than a potential upgrade I see no reason to hurry to pay it back other than to have 5 hours to take me to the trigger, but with the lowered trigger even that's not as important.

BlueSkies

Uhh, can you expand on this drop multiple trips with a critical pickup?! That sounds very interesting!

Drum

You should tell us how you execute this.

Play your cards right?

Yeah, BS, 90% of the time coverage will deny your drop. Prove me wrong. I am speaking directly to the NYC bases. May be different for you cats in ATL.

CBreezy

Keep an eye on close-in reserve coverage. If a day (s) gets really negative and the rest of your trips are only fairly negative, you can drop multiple trips with that single swap.

I've moved entire weeks of capped coverage reserve days by swapping into a day that is -15 when the rest of the days were -2.

freezingflyboy

At my last shop this idea was called a "bad day/worse day" trade. You could always drop a day that was below coverage (ie bad) as long as you were picking up over days that had worse coverage. Really helped me out of a jam a few times.

Iceberg

Multiple posters giving you their experience doesn’t count for anything? Coverage doesn’t deny swaps or Q drops. Prove me wrong.

fishforfun

We work for different airlines. It’s ok. You just don’t have any standing in this discussion when such a small percentage fall where you are. You can put as much as you want on any board. It’s not going anywhere when reserves are half (at best) on the 19th of the month and then after IVDs and APDs process we are now at 1/4 required vs available coverage and the ALV is 84. There is no dropping of trips. It’s literally the first day of the bid period tomorrow. Arguably the best reserve coverage is the first 5 days of the month. We have 0-1 for the next 5 days. Only goes downhill from there. So the the other 95% of us, no (or very reduced) GS trigger would make more sense. On the off chance I get to drop a trip on the first day I can, I’m now below the stupid trigger. So, I turn my phone off for the rest of the month. A sub 65 hour trigger would at least incentivize some to work when workers are needed. It’s a win win.