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Originally Posted by Denny Crane (Post 2314327)

The interface should be intuitive where a novice should be able to log on and put in a simple bid........IMO........this is not.

Anything that needs notepad after notepad, webinar after webinar, and YouTube video after YouTube video to explain how to use it is going to cause a lot of problems.....

Denny

Precisely. I got on Navtech and was bidding with no problems Day 1. Never watched a video.

It would be nice if it had a display like EZBid did which showed the filtered trips after entering a preference/preferences - very logical and informative with the whole month laid out. This is a YUUUGE step backwards.

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Originally Posted by ERflyer (Post 2314365)

Precisely. I got on Navtech and was bidding with no problems Day 1. Never watched a video.

Please. It shouldn't take a village to learn how to bid. Notepads, webinars and snarky emails from AZ. Easybid is what the name implies.

I wonder if there are a couple of pilots who own rights to Nav Blue and want it to be successful here so they can sell it to other airlines.

I have tried it several times and find it totally inferior, not user friendly and slow as molasses.

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Originally Posted by thinkstraight (Post 2314493)

Nope. Maybe a couple of IT guys though.

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Originally Posted by Barrett (Post 2314218)

Glad to see it's not just me.....
I always used the previous PHP based version of PBS , typically at home and on a high speed connection and sometimes on a layover with my Macbook.
I wrote the PBS person about a couple things.
I'm done. They just want to ram a square peg in round hole.
To me it appears they don't want to hear it....

Same here. I made a polite suggestion that would make this pig a little more user friendly and was told 'we're not interested in your ideas'.

I suppose its so bad in its current form, they cant think past getting to run error free. Thats too bad, because i bet 13,000 engaged users could come up with lots of great suggestions.

Hmmmmmm.....has EasyBid come to an end? Went to download next month's bid package and it said "Not Found."

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Originally Posted by FL370esq (Post 2314659)

Hmmmmmm.....has EasyBid come to an end? Went to download next month's bid package and it said "Not Found."

Mine worked for April.

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Originally Posted by notEnuf (Post 2281075)

More unpaid time learning something new for Delta. :mad:

I know I'm whining but I seem to be putting in a lot of time outside working, learning new PBS, contract etc. I guess I need to bid more 30hr layovers. Did I mention training by memo really ****es me off? Well, it does. Rant over.

I agree. Kind of like door pay :)

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Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp (Post 2281447)

You are correct that we should be paid for significant changes like this. It needs to be codified in the contract, and changing the CBA won't fix that.

I don't know about other airlines, but it seems like we are getting smothered with so much reading material.

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Originally Posted by FL370esq (Post 2314659)

Hmmmmmm.....has EasyBid come to an end? Went to download next month's bid package and it said "Not Found."

AZ put out a great 1 hr 35 min video on the new web app. Should be on youtube. In the video he stated that easy bid and the old web based PBS will be phased out in the next few bid periods.

I am beginning to like the new web app bidder. It will take a few hours of your own time to read notepads and watch videos to fully grasp the new product.

TEN

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Originally Posted by FL370esq (Post 2314659)

Hmmmmmm.....has EasyBid come to an end? Went to download next month's bid package and it said "Not Found."

Same here. Sent a screenshot to the powers that be. I'm concerned!