Originally Posted by TMAYER
Maybe they should make all DCA employees work at IAD 1 day a month. I think it would make them a little happier on the other 29 days
I agree. If you were a UA employee working at DCA, wouldn't you do everything you possibly could to make sure you stay there instead of going to IAD - or worse - BWI?
To be honest, though, the idea of closing the waiting list has come up a number of times on FT. Basically, some agents don't like the idea of a 1K coming in at the last moment and bumping someone who'd been waiting there for hours.
I can't remember the exact codes, but as I recall, someone who had been bumped from another flight would still get priority over a 1K. So really, the only reason for an agent to do this is a) they don't understand how the system works (which is entirely possible) or b) they enjoy the power-trip of "overriding" the system.
In either case, they should be forced into mouse-catching duty at the IAD RCCs.