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Originally Posted by StartngOvr (Post 3435739)

With all report times 1000 or later guess what happens with reserve utilization? If you are on reserve you will now be available to cover ANY open rotation on the very first day of your reserve block.

Previously, with lots of early starts, you were off the hook for many trips because of the morning start, the trip wouldn’t fit in your block of days. Additionally, other reserves could get them as green slips instead if they wanted.

Net result will probably be more people filling up of reserve (fewer unused reserve days) and fewer people either rolling thunder or enjoying long call at home because company couldn’t assign that early start. More work, same pay.

There’s also no one or two day trips. Call it b!t€hing if you want, but for those who want 1-2 days this sucks. Seems like the pendulum swung too far in a different direction. Why is a mix of both styles of rotations too much to ask?

In NY on airbus right now, 100% reserve utilization is unavoidable. There’s barely 25% coverage. So you are flying everyday regardless. Sitting long call at home? Lol. That’s a privilege earned with being “well staffed” which we certainly are not. The only way to get a day off is to hit 30/168. And even if there’s no legal trips on day 1, they always put you on short call anyway the first day.

Seems like demand is off the charts everywhere aside from Asia(still aiming for zero COVID) https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d579d01970.jpg

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Dumb PBS question

SRH handbook and PBS help pages aren't getting me the answer I need so thought I'd try my luck with the APC crowd

There is a particular trip I want and the rest of that bid group is contigent on it. If I don't get that trip, I want to go to the next bid group. And for the life of me I can't figure out how to bid that.

In effect, I want "Award pairing number xxxx departing on July xx, xxxx; else start next bid group"

The first part is easy, but I can't figure out how to get the second part. Or the equivalent meaning.

Help?

THanks

put the trip you want then at bottom there is a command...FOLLOWED BY....add the rest of what you want. Then move to next line and do same thing adding a second "followed by command"

ie 1. good trip on date , FOLLOWED BY other stuff
2. Good trip on date FOLLOWED BY next best other stuff

Keep layering it on down changing only the second half of the line
When you exhaust all the possibilities then put ELSE START NEXT

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Originally Posted by Sputnik (Post 3436078)

There’s literally a check box called ‘Else Start Next’ that shows when you select your bidding criteria. Just check that and it’ll add that to your bid criteria.

You can't tie that to a pairing.

I should say, I can't figure out how to tie it to a pairing. It's under the "prefer off" tab, which allows you to tie it to things such as days off

Are you wanting the “Clear Schedule, Start Next” function?

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Originally Posted by buckleyboy (Post 3436103)

Are you wanting the “Clear Schedule, Start Next” function?

I'm feeling like thats my only option. And yet I can't figure it out how to tie it to a specific rotation.

Buck
-- Missed your post. That may be my only option, but man that looks easy to screw up

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Originally Posted by jaxsurf (Post 3436090)

There’s literally a check box called ‘Else Start Next’ that shows when you select your bidding criteria. Just check that and it’ll add that to your bid criteria.

You can't do that with "Award Pairing" - prefer off and Avoids, yes.

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Originally Posted by iaflyer (Post 3436115)

You can't do that with "Award Pairing" - prefer off and Avoids, yes.

Ah, my mistake. Thanks for the clarification.