Originally Posted by
pilot64golfer
Thank you for the help.
We shouldn't have to "learn" a bidding system. It should be easy to use. I should be able to bid my trips in about 15 minutes.
Many people I've talked to fear change because they believe the next system would be cumbersome and they don't want to "re-learn" a difficult system.
Virtually every bit of GUI we use at United is a total fail. It has been for a long time. We need to end the culture of bad UX and not just keep accepting these terrible tools we are given.
Operating an Airbus is easier than operating this PBS.
It takes me about 7 min to do my bids. You can copy and paste your bid groups and vary them accordingly in about 20 seconds a piece. And I have about 10-12 bid groups.
This system is not hard and actually works quite well if you take the time to learn it.