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Check Complete
Quite simply AOS PBS,is the worst POS for the pilots, UN-godly to understand and has been fully tailored to accommodate the company. The software processes on what is a global need and will bypass seniority to complete the process to meet the company's need. The pilot PBS hotline is staffed by former computer engineers and in their words the program has been intentionally designed extensively over complex.
Bottom line is, I have talked with the most senior crew members at various domiciles and they usually never get exactly what they bid for. A few years ago the most senior FO in DEN ended up working christmas but obviously bid for it off.
The crew members that like it are usually very high end computer savv, but most hate it.
The company loves it!
What does that tell you?
It’s an unfriendly and unforgiving system but like with anything else of that nature, if you take the time and learn to use it, it ends up not being so bad.