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Originally Posted by StartngOvr
So I want a prefer off (RANGE) prior to the slide VAC line even if those very same days I’m trying to slide over? Not saying you’re wrong, but how would this prevent a coverage award any different than just sliding the vacation? With a coverage “award”, you get forced to work those days whether you have a prefer off or not.
It won't prevent coverage at all, I apologize if that's how I made it sound. Set conditions are automatically sent to the top of the bid group, so prefer off can not go above them. During coverage, PBS only looks at prefer off, avoids and awards. So if you really wanted those days off (where you wanted the slide to go) then it behooves you to put them in as a prefer off as well. If you're subject to coverage, PBS will ignore your slide and will try to award as many of your prefer off days as possible. It could be that just one day of coverage is what would deny the slide, but you may be able to get the other days around it off. You could do a range if you want but I just pick the individual days in the order I want. Either way will do the same unless you add an all or nothing to the range.
Below is a direct quote from the PBS reference handbook (page 84).
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Slide Vacation is a Set Condition preference. PBS only considers Prefer Off, Avoid and Award preferences during the coverage process. Therefore, it is important that you use a Prefer Off and do not depend on Vacation Slide to get days off when coverage may be a factor. Prefer Off and Slide Vacation are not mutually exclusive. Use Prefer Off to attempt to get a given day or set of days off. Use Vacation Slide to move the vacation if you desire to move your vacation into those days if PBS was able to honor the Prefer Off.
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Originally Posted by StartngOvr
Coverage sucks, and it’s really becoming a thing as lean as they are running the operation now. I’ve had more coverage awards hit my bid in the last few months than ever. Same relative seniority last two years.
Yes, yes it does. The only way to avoid it is be in the top 50% of line holders and bid a line. Bid reserve and all bets are off.