Originally Posted by
svergin
The obvious answer is to let FOs have 2 extra days to bid since they don't even process our bids until after the Captains have been completed. We are just locked out and nothing is happening with them. There is no reason today with the current level of computing power that this thing can't just publish lines in a couple hours and not days. My guess is that the back end looks alot like the front end (or whatever you computer guys call it) and the solver is just another thrown together POS.
Excellent idea. The earliest the captain bids have ever come out is the 15th. FO bidding could easily stay open through the 14th with no impact on that run.