Originally Posted by webecheck

So I still don't quite understand the result. My bid was legal, and the bidder immediately below me had 5 trips on his line. The first trip would have conflicted with my carry in trip, but the remaining 4 could have all been placed on my line and met rest requirements and credit targets, and of course were available trips as part of my bid. The line would have been about 81hrs. My final bid had 34 trips in the pool. So I'm guessing this is a situation where PBS has to hand out a certain amount of flying to bring the open trip pool down to a required level and the solution to make that happen meant it needed to prioritize junior bidders. Not exactly excited about PBS saying my solution is more important than your seniority. I suppose my lesson learned is that if below the line, even if you're the first guy below like me, put in a reserve bid or have a final bid waiving everything if you want to be a lineholder at all costs. .