Originally Posted by rk772

It's kind of like going to a resteraunt and telling your waiter 20 things you don't want from the menu. Then, leaving it up to him to pick from whatever is left over on the menu.
Oh yea, don't think that just because you've been at the resteraunt the longest, you should get first pick. The waiter gets to bring whatever is most convenient for him to put together.

Seriously though, PBS is a computer program that builds the lines. Everyone tells the computer what they like or don't like. (Ex: Dislike-Mexico city overnights). When the bidding period closes, the computer runs about a billion algorithms for about a week. During this time, it builds all the hard and reserve lines for the following month. It is an efficient money maker for the company. Only problem is it doen't always honor seniority and the lines are usually high time/low rest.