Originally Posted by scambo1

Elvis good to have you back.

My opinion only, but I think crew resources uses pilot AE desires, prior to a bid, to model the possibilities of bid management. What I mean is that some guys have a standing bid, and crew resources models using that (IMO bad information).

Stated another way, and this is how I see it shaking out, look at the Dtw 747 and Dtw 777 categories. Neither is deltas sweetheart fleet. If dal wants to close both categories and minimize training, they use standing bid data. If the crews want to trick the system, 747 pilots should all have a standing displacement bid for the 777 Dtw and Dtw 777 pilots should all have a standing displacement preference for Dtw 747.

That scenario would IMO, cause some serious consternation and hand ringing in crew resources.

I hope that was clear.