Not necessarily. Because we don’t have PBS for the computer to automatically build your schedule around your training, vacation, mil leave, any trip that’s impacted is generally dropped into this bucket from which the company creates the second round of bidding for lines made up of trips that were dropped from the first round due to training, vacation, mil leave, etc.

During regular/first round bidding, I bid the lines I like, and then I round off my bid preferences by a few blank lines. This way, if I don’t get what I want in regular bidding, I get more seniority in blanks since far fewer people bid blanks.