Originally Posted by CousinEddie

It means that you will need a little bit more bidding power than normal to get Thanksgiving off. The company intends to be more aggressive than normal in having plenty of coverage for the Thanksgiving period. Trips operating over that period will be assigned during monthly bidding as opposed to a few of them being left in open flying for pick up or a reserve to cover. All of our bad press lately probably has the company in overdrive to protect Holiday flying now.

So with the odds being higher than normal that you will have to work Thanksgiving, the message is reinforcing that you bid appropriately. For example, in later bid groups where you bring Thanksgiving flying out of the PBS supply pool, make sure you sort (preference) those Thanksgiving trips. What that means is don't simply dump all the Thanksgiving trips in the L-- pool and forget about it. If you are a commuter, put the non-commutable Thanksgiving trips in the L-- pool and the commutable ones in a higher pool for example. If you have to work a Holiday, make sure your bid allows you to capture the best trip that your seniority can hold. In short, put the worst crap in the L-- bucket. Put the regular crap in the L- or higher bucket. Call the PBS hotline for help if you aren't sure how to do that.