Originally Posted by
rolo
I’m down to about 40-50% bus FO in CLT and prioritizing 2 legs over 3 in PBS has gotten more complicated. Instead of an RDU turn and leg to Florida for 9 hours you might go to MIA, sit for 3 then off to LAX for a 12 hour day.
If reigning in the optimizer is impossible witchcraft can we at least get more PBS layers to sort through the garbage a little easier? No? Ok got it thanks.
This is the rub. Once you're senior enough to hold 2 leg days, the inevitable 1-2, that you think is great ends up with LAX-PHX, sit 3 hrs. PHX-home.
One key to somewhat cracking the code is early sign-ins if you can do it. When your duty is chopped to 12 or even a 0459 sign in or earlier cuts flying to 8, the optimizer has less wiggle and youll find some nice 1-2s, 2-2s. 1.45 or less of ground, lend themselves to less soft and higher/hard time trips, longer legs.
Just a minor tip if you can deal with the earlies.