There are always a couple of different ways to approach reserve bidding. The following guidance was derived from PBS Training in preparation for Jepp PBS rollout.

First, build a BG that must give the dates off or it will fail and move on to the next. The bid groups are shown bidding for weekend days off. If you want different dates, simply change the dates to the ones that you want off in the month. Assume that the weekend dates are in order of importance. This is an all or nothing bid in that all dates must be off or it will fail.

Must Award Off (Weekend 1 Dates)
Must Award Off (Weekend 2 Dates)
Must Award Off (Weekend 3 Dates)
Must Award Off (Weekend 4 Dates)
Award RSV (All Month) L--

Be sure to run the Bid Analysis Tool on this Bid Group to ensure that the dates you want off are viable and can build a legal line for you.

The next bid group might be one where certain dates must be off and others may or may not be awarded off. See below and again simply change the dates if desired. This bid will fail if the first 2 sets of dates (Lines 1 and 2) are not awarded off. If they are awarded off (therefore, the BG will not fail), then the system will try to get the remaining dates (Lines 6 and 7) off if it can but will not fail the BG if it is unable. You may put this BG in several times. Dates put in above the Award RSV (All Month) L-- (Line 3) will cause the BG to fail if it unable to award them off.

Must Award Off (Weekend 1 Dates)
Must Award Off (Weekend 2 Dates)
Award RSV (All Month) L--
Must Award Off (Weekend 3 Dates)
Must Award Off (Weekend 4Dates)
Award RSV (All Month) H++

Note – RDOs are not used in Basic Reserve Line Construction.

The last BG may be like the one below. This will maximize the number of dates off but will never fail. It may get you all of the dates off or none of them.

Award RSV (All Month) L--
Must Award Off (Weekend 1 Dates)
Must Award Off (Weekend 2 Dates)
Must Award Off (Weekend 3 Dates)
Must Award Off (Weekend 4 Dates)
Award RSV (All Month) H++




The following BG assumes the weekends are the dates in the Must Award commands and the pilot wants to prioritize FDOs on Fridays. Again, run the BAT. The bid group would look like this:

AWARD RSV 29Sep 0001 - 29Oct 2359 [L--]
AWARD RDO SAT-SUN 29 Sep – 29 Oct [H++]
AWARD FDO 03Oct 0001 - 03Oct 2359 [H++]
AWARD FDO 10Oct 0001 - 10Oct 2359 [H+]
AWARD FDO 17Oct 0001 - 17Oct 2359 [H]
AWARD FDO 24Oct 0001 - 24Oct 2359 [N]
MUST AWARD OFF 04Oct 0001 - 05Oct 2359
MUST AWARD OFF 11Oct 0001 - 12Oct 2359
MUST AWARD OFF 18Oct 0001 - 19Oct 2359
MUST AWARD OFF 25Oct 0001 - 26Oct 2359
AWARD RSV 29Sep 0001 - 29Oct 2359 [H++]

One option for most weekend days off, in order of importance:

AWARD RSV (All Month) [L--]
MUST AWARD OFF (Most desired weekend dates off)
AWARD RSV (All Month) [L-]
MUST AWARD OFF (2nd most desired weekend dates off)
AWARD RSV (All Month) [L]
MUST AWARD OFF (3rd most desired weekend dates off)
AWARD RSV (All Month) [N]
MUST AWARD OFF (4th most desired weekend dates off)
AWARD RSV (All Month) [H]