Originally Posted by
Denny Crane
Ok, I need some serious PBS reserve bidding advice. I'm on a regular line for April thru May 1. I need May 5,6,7,8 off. Obviously I'm trying to bid a regular line with them off and if I get it, all is good. But for a backup, I'm bidding a reserve line.
In my category, the min days on call is 4 days. Here is the question. Can I bid days off starting on May 5th or do I need to start them on May 2nd because there are only three days at the beginning of the month if I try to start them on the 5th? Thanks for any help!
Denny
Originally Posted by
Herkflyr
Denny, if you have any April flying that touches May 1 (last day of the April bid period) that also applies to the min days on rule for May.
There is an excellent explanation of PBS reserve bidding in the PBS Gouge.
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I hadn't heard this one before, very good gouge. Thanks for sharing.
Deny,
To pile on to Sputnik's reply,
you can't violate the reserve rules but PBS/DAL
can. This generally happens when you're junior and you get stuck working on days you don't want to work due to coverage requirements. I've been given single days of reserve; typically at the beginning of the month, on holidays, or weekends when coverage is inadequate.
In your case, if those 4 days are all you really care about then you could just bid "prefer off" for those 4 days and let PBS take care of the rest. You can add extras like "prefer weekends off" or "set condition" and then tell PBS how many days you'd like to work in a row followed by how much time off you'd like.
You can use the command 'all or nothing, else start next bid group' if you want to try several different iterations of days off. You just have to make sure that your last line in PBS drops the 'all or nothing' command.