Hey guys

Another PBS question. In Vacation Slide does the + days move everything to the right, and - days move the days up earlier?

Thanks!
Buzz

Yes, I unfortunately spent over 45 minutes on hold with PBS bid assistance this morning to ask this question and during that time I found the example that I was looking for that explained it in detail.

Buzz,

I sent you a PM a few days ago. Don't worry, it wasn't about the Bears/Packers game. :D

Hey New, yeah, I got it and just tried to go on an answer it but with this new APC format, I can't get in to my PM's. I don't know if its a Firefox thing or not. I'll try and open it with IE.

PS, we're counting the days to December 29th. ARod should be back...and we always beat you in December.:D

Hey DAL, did you find it in the contract or in one of those PBS newsletters?

Thanks!

Yes, but there is no plus "+" sign, (I wasted time looking for that!) only a minus "-" sign, which means slide to the left (earlier in the month).

Also, you can do a range of number of days to slide, say you want it to slide 7 days, but if it won't do that, then at least 4 days, you use the drop down for "Range" and put 4 to 7. It will try to slide it the maximum days first, then one less day, all the way back to your minimum days.

I put the slide condition in first, for 3 to 5 days, and immediately after that I put "Avoid Dec. 25" just in case it doesn't slide it that far.

How well it works for you depends on two things; your relative seniority in category, and the staffing level in your category. If you are junior in a tight category, you may not get it to slide, especially over a holiday. I'm right at 50% in a well staffed category and it has worked for me last Thanksgiving and a year ago at Christmas too. I guess all the guys senior to me can hold those days off anyway so they bid summer vacations!

It's not just Firefox, I can't get into my PM's using Internet explorer either.

Do these web guys get trained DALPA (lack of) Communications? :rolleyes:

I'm in the process of developing a website JUST for flight information for commuting and nothing else. It's frustrating getting all this extra crap when you just need basic schedules in an easy to read format.

Some day I'll be able to check my PMs. But unfortunately with this new banner top they have here I am unable to check em'.

Thanks LeineLodge, Lobo, iaflyer, and CyclePilot!
Indeed, getting the info we need as commuters is difficult, and it's hard to find a source that gives fast uncluttered complete sched info, without all the "best price" spam.
Commuters, and there are 53% of us at Delta according to the ALPA contract poll I believe, understand how critical the info is-- there are some wierd days of the month around holidays, and Tuesdays, where your ability to report for a trip or get home from one may change by 8 hours! I have to check every single day of the month for my commute, both going and returning, so that I can put in PBS avoids for particular days that have issues. There are always 3-4 of them a month.

LL, PM received, will reply--thanks!

Just tested the sites mentioned:
Kayak.com does display all the flights. Unfortunately, every time you put in a new date, it wipes your "filters" and gives you all 1 and 2 stop flights (I want to be able to just show directs), and it resorts it cheapest first--and I want to show it by take off time, early to late in order. You can do this, but you have to click 5 spots to show the info how you want it, and it puts it on multiple pages... Also, the sort is done internally on the page, not via the URL form return, so you can't embed the view you want into the URL either. WORKABLE but not the best.

Passrider.com-- does display all the flights when using the upper right search box, and displays them all tightly and succinctly, in chrono order, on one page, and it preserves form filter selections (non-stop etc.). So far, passrider.com is the best place I've seen for the info display. They need a "next day... previous day" buttons on their response form, so you can just work through the month (quicktrip.com has that), but their display is very good.

Thanks all for the tips, and I want to be sure you understand I appreciate them all--just put these "reviews" on the sites up as a public-service in case other commuters are reading and don't want to have to look at all the options.