Originally Posted by
JetBlast77
Hey guys I've only been bidding for a few months but I have a question. I essentially waived everything I possibly could for April and did not get a line. A guy who is 5 or 6 numbers junior to me got the last line however. I'm just wondering how this is possible. I put every possible trip in my pool and waived everything. I could understand if I still didn't get a line after doing this, however I don't understand how someone six numbers below me got one. Just trying to figure out this system (as I'm sure everyone is). The guy that got the line is just off IOE. I didn't think we did OE lines anymore (I only have about 40 hours in type and haven't gotten one). Can anyone shed some light? Thanks.
There is a little more to it than already stated. This piece of garbage PBS Software Logic will put you on reserve even if you are above the G-Line.
If your last Bid Group is a Reserve Bid Group to protect yourself against shifting G-Lines, it will ignore your previous Line Bid Groups and go straight to your very last Reserve Bid Group if it allow the software to more easlily solve the bidding equation.
It does that even though it could have built you a line with a Line Bid Group ABOVE your Reserve Bid Group.
This is another way a junior pilot that is BELOW the G-Line can get a Line and put a more senior pilot on reserve even though he is above the G-Line.