It's just one leg.

I'm frustrated.

I've been trying to get rid of the last leg on the last day of my next trip (Sunday the 17th). So far I'm unsuccessful. It's just one leg from SFO to FAT.

I've tried requesting a perfect attendance day. My request was CANCELLED because they said I didn't have a perfect attendance day. Funny- I seem to remember getting paid for perfect attendance...

Next I tried requesting user time. I had 3.9??? hours accumulated so far. This time my request said "DENIED". Apparently you have to have been with the company for at least 6 months before you can use user time. My 6 month date doesn't happen until Oct. 11th.

I called Crew Support. They are the ones who handle all the scheduling. They said there was nothing they could do for me. That the only way I could get out of it was if another F/A took it for me. Uh- huh...

It is now on the swap board and I'm offering an additional $40.00 or a hotel room in SFO to anyone who wants to do one leg (less than 1 hour) and get 3.45 hours of pay.

So far I've got one person who is interested, but only if nobody else will take it by Friday.

But Kathy- it's just one leg and it starts so early...why can't you just work it and then leave for the south?

Easy. If I do that I only have one shot at getting to my destination and that would include a 4 hour layover in DEN (which hasn't been getting anything out on time lately) and I wouldn't get there until 10pm at the earliest. I think I'd get stuck somewhere. If I can drop this one leg back to FAT, there is a direct flight, first class to Atlanta I might be interested in that gets me there at 2:06pm. Much better. Kennedy here I come!

So, I'm working on it. Wish me luck!