Originally Posted by
AVIATORUSMC
how does bidding work for SC? Can you bunch all your days together for less back and forth for commuters?
Kinda, with seniority. Depending on the month and status you either bid 3-6 or 4-7 day blocks. You are allowed to bid one solo day off per month. So you could bid 12 to 14 days of reserve in a 13-15 day stretch. The catch is “coverage days”. Days the company basically junior mans you during the PBS run. Hard/impossible to predict where they pop up and blow up you best laid plans… coverage days can easily creep up to the top 20% of reserve bidders some months. Junior guys could have almost every day be coverage day, which actually works out great sometimes since December 5th and December 25th have the same value to algorithm if it was forced to choose