Originally Posted by
PBSG
I'm not trying to sell line bidding on anyone, but if anyone wants to see a bid packet with the lines please PM me your email address and date of hire (for seniority purposes) and I will send you out a bid packet and show what you can hold. I've done it before in IAD on a long sit and I'll do it again. It isn't some God fearing device created by the Illuminati like some ASA folks make it out to be. Quite simple and I get my schedule very early in the month too.
And if I feel like it, hit up the Initial Window to improve it.
I recall when we did line bidding, I would eventually end up with the exact schedule I wanted. A little strategic bidding on the right line and you can swap out what you didn't like in open time to finish it off. Worked every time. I was much more satisfied each month with my schedule.
Sure there is a little compromise here and there. But there were no hidden tricks on how to manipulate the schedule into doing things that are completely counterintuitive to the desired outcome. If you had to make a small sacrifice, someone else did too. PBS awards EVERYTHING to the most senior bidder. EVERYTHING.... No sharing what so ever. In line bidding if you want the holiday off, you will have to work weekends. Or sacrifice another day off that you wanted. PBS will just give it all to you if you can hold it. That causes anyone even remotely close to the bottom of the list to have very little say in their schedule. And the whole, they would have been on reserve anyway thing is a load of crap. How long does reserve run at XJET? How long does it run at ASA? For some reason it seems to be less at XJET.
I these are the main differences that people are hung up on. I can see why people like PBS. It's 100% seniority driven. Not knocking it, just a comparison that's all. I'm sure someone is going to get their panties in a bunch and become all defensive. No need.