I asked to do a parallel bid and got shot down. As for PBS vs line bidding, at the end of the day the company builds pairings the way they see fit. They then toss them into 1 big pot. Now, would you rather dig out of the pot and make your own line or have the company dig out of the pot and make all the lines? See, line bidding gives the company more control period. That’s what many complain about PBS, but in reality it’s the other way around. PBS gives the company more efficient pilots, this less of them in which they want to utilize it.