PBS Question, "Prefer off Weekends"
07-09-2020 | 03:10 PM
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PBS Question, "Prefer off Weekends"
Can't find the answer on the NAVBLUE Help tab. What does this mean, just Sat, Sun? If I manually preference 4 different Fri-Sun, then follow up with Prefer Off Weekends, does that give me the best shot at getting all 4 weekends off? I'm #19 in category. Thanks
07-09-2020 | 04:07 PM
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From: 7ER B...whatever that means.
The only use I could see for Prefer Off Weekends is if having a day trip dropped on a Saturday or having to start on Sunday/end on Friday is a deal breaker for you. But putting All or Nothing on each line of your Fri-Sun bids should fix that.
07-09-2020 | 08:17 PM
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Another important misconception about Prefer Off weekends, it does NOT (as another poster stated) try to give you as many weekends as possible. The language in PBS is a misnomer i.e. “Prefer Off weekends minimum 4” means that PBS will attempt to give you 4 weekends off and 4 weekends only.
I prefer using Prefer off Saturday and Prefer off Sunday, and even then I only use it for my default bid.
I prefer using Prefer off Saturday and Prefer off Sunday, and even then I only use it for my default bid.
07-09-2020 | 08:29 PM
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To the OP, if you're 17 in category, just request off the days you want, you'll like get them. As a backup, you could add prefer off weekends...heed the advice of putting a min of X if you want more than 1 weekend off. If you just put prefer off weekends, if PBS awards you just one weekend off, it will be honored.
07-10-2020 | 03:43 AM
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Another important misconception about Prefer Off weekends, it does NOT (as another poster stated) try to give you as many weekends as possible. The language in PBS is a misnomer i.e. “Prefer Off weekends minimum 4” means that PBS will attempt to give you 4 weekends off and 4 weekends only.
I prefer using Prefer off Saturday and Prefer off Sunday, and even then I only use it for my default bid.
I prefer using Prefer off Saturday and Prefer off Sunday, and even then I only use it for my default bid.
The misnomer occurs when you use the Minimum function, as is explained in the third paragraph on page 71. Using that function will ONLY give you as many weekends off as you have set as the minimum. If you don’t use that function, it will try to give you as many as possible off.
Unless I’m reading all of that incorrectly...
07-10-2020 | 07:27 AM
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I’m taking the early out and most likely will be out the door September 1. My primary vacation starts August 30 so one day falls in the Aug bid period. If I bid reserve for Aug Is there a smart way to maximize the retirement vaca payout? Thanks
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