Who has the best sched. bid system?
04-09-2013 | 04:02 AM
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-For everyone- I'm not totally sure how pref bid works, but if the top few guys on your seniority list only requested max days off... how many days off would your system give them? We will be getting the system soon and I only care about the amount of days off possible, not specific days. Thanks
04-09-2013 | 08:22 AM
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We used to have lines with 18 days off a few years ago when our company was twice the size.... Hopefully someone can figure out how to make our trips more efficient. Some of these 4 day trips are redic
04-09-2013 | 04:38 PM
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Comair used eMaestro for the daily scheduling, and it seemed to work great. No real complaints about it after they added in the extra features.
When it came to PBS, Comair used a very archaic system (maybe made by SBS?). While it was clunky and required using odd/old style syntax entries, I usually got exactly what I wanted every month.
CRJ side of ExpressJet uses Sked+ which is okay I guess. It seems slow to accept changes to schedules, and changes aren't readily shown. But it seems to work okay.
When it comes to PBS, Flica seems overly complicated. Almost too many choices/scenarios that can easily bid you into a black hole.
When it came to PBS, Comair used a very archaic system (maybe made by SBS?). While it was clunky and required using odd/old style syntax entries, I usually got exactly what I wanted every month.
CRJ side of ExpressJet uses Sked+ which is okay I guess. It seems slow to accept changes to schedules, and changes aren't readily shown. But it seems to work okay.
When it comes to PBS, Flica seems overly complicated. Almost too many choices/scenarios that can easily bid you into a black hole.
04-11-2013 | 04:08 PM
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On the L-ASA side, the Flightline PBS is light years ahead of what we used to have. You can set all types of preferences, cherry pick trips, set days off. The only downside, to me anyway, is the trip pairings we have to choose from, which is a crew planning function. Mostly 4 days, and some months if the line values need to be high and the 4 day credits are low, you may end up on the road quite a bit. But I'll take the ability to pick the pairings myself instead of crew planning building hard lines and having to choose from them.
04-12-2013 | 04:45 AM
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