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LumberJack 08-19-2021 05:38 PM


Originally Posted by NoDeskJob (Post 3282064)
Just to confirm on this swap topic…

if I have a 4 day in September, where the total sum of negative reserve coverage is -7.
I can swap that for a 2 day trip in August where the coverage is -19???? Of course that would be starting tomorrow at 0700.
is that right?

if so. Mind blown. I thought I was a schedule Black Belt. Guess I was/am only a brown belt. 🤣

I feel like there is a close-in exception to the bad-day/worse-day calculation but I can't find it. Might as well try! Please report back how it goes.

Gspeed 08-19-2021 06:07 PM


Originally Posted by NoDeskJob (Post 3282064)
Just to confirm on this swap topic…

if I have a 4 day in September, where the total sum of negative reserve coverage is -7.
I can swap that for a 2 day trip in August where the coverage is -19???? Of course that would be starting tomorrow at 0700.
is that right?

if so. Mind blown. I thought I was a schedule Black Belt. Guess I was/am only a brown belt. 🤣

Correct.

#filler

sailingfun 08-20-2021 04:33 AM


Originally Posted by Buck Rogers (Post 3282002)
To embellish...u have to put the swap in the template for the month you want to drop (future month) and change the month( or type in) the current month for the trip you want to swap for. The benny is, you beef up your current month for work and pay by reducing the next month max PU limit....thereby putting your WS next month above the swaps. Personally, I bid each month with the last week free of trips so that I can avail myself of this if I desire. I might also add....since it is a swap....you can blow thru the ALV+15 limit . Consequently, you can swap a future 1 day for a current month 5...6...8...day

All correct. The key you mentioned is you have to manually overwrite the month for the PU portion. I used it often to pick up a desirable trip in the current month and drop trash in the following month. Usually would WS a better trip in the following month. Since reserve coverage degrades as you get close in usually works even with poor overall reserves available. It’s also a good technique to build a big block of time off if you need it in the following month. If for instance your kids get out of school early June but you could not hold a June vacation you can easily build your own vacation with no loss of pay by shifting a June trip into May.

sailingfun 08-20-2021 04:37 AM


Originally Posted by LumberJack (Post 3282067)
I feel like there is a close-in exception to the bad-day/worse-day calculation but I can't find it. Might as well try! Please report back how it goes.

There are no close in rules other than the last window is 7am the day prior to the trip you want to pickup.

LumberJack 08-20-2021 08:12 AM

Are trips from the Pilot to Pilot Swap board treated the same as a normal trip once they're on your line?

Are there any restrictions to then using PB days or otherwise treating it as a normal trip? Same for out of base trips?

The only thing I see that's different is you can't pick up a trip you previously dropped via P2P Swap unless you do it via PCS.

Rooster435 08-21-2021 05:26 PM


Originally Posted by LumberJack (Post 3282281)
Are trips from the Pilot to Pilot Swap board treated the same as a normal trip once they're on your line?

Are there any restrictions to then using PB days or otherwise treating it as a normal trip? Same for out of base trips?

out of base trips are manually assigned for the next day (or current day) after the 0700 PCS run occurs so there is no opportunity to drop the trip once it’s on your line.

LumberJack 08-21-2021 06:17 PM


Originally Posted by Rooster435 (Post 3282973)
out of base trips are manually assigned for the next day (or current day) after the 0700 PCS run occurs so there is no opportunity to drop the trip once it’s on your line.

That's how Swap With the Pot works but I was wondering about a Pilot to Pilot pickup. Or can't you pick up out of base on the P2P board?

Falcon20 08-21-2021 06:19 PM


Originally Posted by LumberJack (Post 3283004)
That's how Swap With the Pot works but I was wondering about a Pilot to Pilot pickup. Or can't you pick up out of base on the P2P board?

negative. You can only swap within your base

LumberJack 08-21-2021 06:20 PM


Originally Posted by Falcon20 (Post 3283006)
negative. You can only swap within your base

Ah... Thanks!

gatorbuc99 08-21-2021 06:43 PM


Originally Posted by Falcon20 (Post 3283006)
negative. You can only swap within your base

Why is that? I mean I believe you, I’ve had out of domicile PSB denied; what I mean is…there’s nothing preventing it in 23.F., so what gives?


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