Originally Posted by
JetJock16
That actually sounds pretty nice.
As for "ordering hard lines you can see EXACTLY what your bid is." How does that work exactly? Can you see what is available seeing the pilots in front of you have already selected and if so does that mean you have your own specific bid window? Please explain.
The company publishes the bid packet with X number of hard lines. When you go into Ad-Opt you select parameters for what you are looking for and then Ad-Opt scores each of the lines according to what you told it you wanted. It then puts those lines in order from highest score to lowest so theoretically the line that conformed the best to your parameters has the highest score and is therefore your #1 choice and the line that least conformed to your parameters is choice #X. If you bid 200 out of 400 in the base, you just need to look at the first 200 lines on your list and make sure they are ones you want and that they are ordered from your most favorite to least favorite. Since you know that you will at least get your 200th choice it really doesn't matter what others bid.
Since the lines are published, you know exactly what each one is. You know that line #135, which is your first choice, is a 4-day line, Friday through Sunday off, the 15-20th off, has a BTV, a SAV and a SLC overnight on it and is worth 85 hours. Takes all the guess work and getting PBS'd out of the equation. Having talked to guys at other airlines, I really think we have the best of both worlds.