Originally Posted by
Denny Crane
IMO, the best way to optimize PB days is to bid a regular line and then drop the trips with PB days (if able). Then you can either try and green slip or take the time off and enjoy. The Scheduling Reference Handbook put out by the union explains the different ways PB days can be used.
That's one option, but IMO its way better to bid 3 days on at a time and use a single PB day to drop the middle day. An alternative strategy is bid 5 on and drop the middle day. Not quite as good but still severely limits what they can give you. With that strategy you can often get almost a month off (with the occasional 1 day trip or SC unused) with the PB days earned from a single reserve GS. Now that's some serious ROI.