Originally Posted by
soakingpilot
so i just ended up setting up layers in the end assuming im getting scraps in the end anyways. now what happens when you have diff values say both at ( 1 and 2 ) its a "and" "or" situation...
FWIW, when I was a fairly jr line holder I would bid EXTREMELY generally. Almost to the point of not even considering it a bid. I feel like I generally got a better schedule because of it. The trick is to the percentage of trips available to you by layer 7 to be greater than your bidding percentage.
As I rise up the seniority pole I've started bidding specific pairings in layer 1 and 2, and then general parameters in the other layers. Starting by being very restrictive, and gradually becoming less so.