I was thinking some more about this (dangerous, I know). So, let's suppose I check in for my flight from Asia at 23:59. Basically one day out, then I have a connection in DTW. It is conceiveable that I checked in for that flight more than 36 hours out. Am I still put on the standby list for that flight that far out? I could be put on this list ahead of any SEs out there, but then again, if I didn't get the EUA 3 days out, there shouldn't be an SEs getting an EUA 1 day out. Also, just because I checkin promtly at 23:59 doesn't mean that I am anywhere near the top of the list for my fare and level. People connecting in to that airport on an earlier flight would certainly have been able to checkin well ahead of me.

Any thoughts?