Originally Posted by
Roadkill
As guys above me said, PBS does NOT ignore seniority, not even in coverage. HOWEVER... it ALSO does not ignore stupidity! Whenever someone senior claims that PBS ignored their seniority and gave something to a junior guy, you're seeing an example of someone who either didn't understand the program or didn't take the time to put in a bid protecting them from what happened.
The rules and algorithm for how PBS works and what all the bidding options are, are published and anyone who wants to take the time to read/understand/bid can take advantage of them. If someone doesn't want to put in the time and uses a bid of "Award Trips" (extreme example) then of course when a junior guy gets better trips than them it would look to this stupid fellow that his seniority wasn't honored.
If you search on my name for posts and "coverage" and go back a month, you'll find a long post I made detailing how the coverage algorithm really works and techniques to make it work for you.
RK
Eggzackly!
PBS is a machine and thinks like a machine. Bid what you don't want - or what you want to avoid the most- first. Then when you bid everything you do want, bid what you want the most first in descending order. If you are junior, keep your bid simple.
The machine tries to give you everything you asked for in seniority order and when it goes into denial mode, it will deny your preferences in the reverse of how you bid based on your category position.
This is simplified, but generally correct and difficult to convey in a couple paragraphs.