Originally Posted by ewrbasedpilot

We had a pilot/pilots who put together/built the lines, submitted them to the company, and then the company put out bid packages. You could see the trips available, how many lines were available, the flying time for that particular line (including deadhead), the number of days off and what they were. It gave you an idea of what you could hold. It also gave us quite a few opentime trips as compared to what we have now when trip trading starts (ie.........usually EWR CA's have 2 or three trips for the entire month when trading starts, versus 80-90 before). Usually we had the bid results within a few hours after the bid closed, versus 5 days that the PBS requires to run its stuff. The old system respected seniority and gave a much better picture of what you were likely to hold vs PBS which seems to care less who gets what. PBS really is a piece of garbage. The sooner we get rid of it the better. I wouldn't wish it on my worst pilot enemies.....