Originally Posted by
PHLGovFlyer
I would love to have that verified by someone. As I mentioned, even with PMUA GAs had a lot of discretion to bypass the status ordered list, but at least it was a starting point and as a 1K I could push a bit using that as a basis. So far with sCO flights the FCFS approach seems to be the only thing that matters.
Personally, I can't verify that. But I did ask a PMUA GA in ORD before. And it seems it is the policy (although they have discretion on who to pick).