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Old Jan 31, 2020, 9:43 am
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Originally Posted by Kacee
The "regardless of status" part would seem to suggest it is not being sorted by status.
Not necessarily. "Put everybody in the same waitlist regardless of status" could be followed with "because that one waitlist is already sorted by status."

Assuming this is actually being done, it will be fairly simple to check. Given that upgrade lists are available in advance via a mobile device, check the list, then add an instrument. If you're always being added at the end of the list, then, yes, there's a good chance this makes the already bad problem worse. If you still find yourself being inserted into the middle of the list, then I'd say it's working at least as well as it has been.
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