Originally Posted by
niteFly84
Not sure if i am misunderstanding you here, but disputed pairings are NEVER built into the published lines so Fastbid can not get you into trouble when your are bidding. You must request these trips specifically on a VTO line or pick them up out of open time..
I believe the point that FlybyKnite was making is that guys that use FastBid never have to look at the bidpack. Telling you that A300 MEM Pairing #430 is disputed is less helpful than you actually
looking at A300 MEM Pairing #430 and seeing that it consists of 2 legs MEM-LBB-SAN (6:42 Duty) followed by a 10:23 layover and one leg SAN-MEM back, for a total of 7:57 scheduled block in 22:05 TAFB. (Of course, just seeing a 7:57 CH trip with 22:05 TAFB should be a big clue, but . . . ) In fact, even the written description above is less useful than this picture:
What's the saying, a picture is worth a thousand words?
It could be argued that even with FastBid, a guy can look up an individual pairing. While true, it would involve reviewing the Disputed Pairings while he has FastBid running to do his monthly bid, or opening FastBid at some other time when he decides to review the Disputed Pairings. In the latter scenario, it's a tossup as to whether it would be easier to open FastBid, or open the Bidpack PDF from the pilot.fedex.com website, or (for the next few months) pick up the paper bidpack. Either way, it takes the commitment of the pilot to go an extra step.
So it comes down to the question of how do we get pilots to go to that extra effort, and/or how do we reduce the extra effort required?
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