Originally Posted by
fcoolaiddrinker
It’s my understanding that if you don’t preference days off it will use rsv position preferences instead and prioritize those. It won’t award the days off first run though. It doesn’t really matter as we’re in agreement. it’s a contract violation and needs to be remedied. It’s just not a contract violation due to the fact someone jr might get a slot you wanted.
Im actually really curious to know definitively if this is the case. Next month I’ll be based at home and then probably on reserve for a while, and frankly don’t care much about which days off I get.
Skywest’s vendor AOS allowed us to preference day off and reserve type. Up to 12 Must or Prefer off; Must days were all or nothing and moved to the next group; Prefer was “hey I’ll give you as many as I can, even if it’s just 1 or 2.” You could also select a reserve type with Must or Prefer. If it failed, moved to the next group. So when I read the navblue manual prior to bidding this month, it was a surprise that it processed the days off, then went back and tried to dole out types.
So if navblue really is locked into running off days before reserve type, is there a strategy for someone who doesn’t usually care about needing certain days or wanting weekends, etc? If I’m not entering day off preferences but instead value a reserve type, hopefully it does as you suggest.