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I retract my previous statement, I'm glad fight club is gone now. This bid was so ugly I'm better off not having seen it for as long as possible. I want to go put my fist through a door.
 
Dphoenix said:
I retract my previous statement, I'm glad fight club is gone now. This bid was so ugly I'm better off not having seen it for as long as possible. I want to go put my fist through a door.
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Are you kidding? I'm not even very senior and this bid worked out incredibly well for me.
 
I wish I were kidding. And most people I've talked to have been pretty disappointed, but of course there will be some winners and losers out there.
 
I got completely hammered, 11 days off and 94.2 hours of credit. 89.7 hours of block. 5 trips. one block of 3 days off between trips all the rest. 2 days off.
 
yeah i got a layer 2 pairing, this is some BS.


I do hate how it won't give you layer 1 pairings due to line constraints....aka pbs screws you and doesn't actually award in seniority order.
 
JetDoc said:
I got completely hammered, 11 days off and 94.2 hours of credit. 89.7 hours of block. 5 trips. one block of 3 days off between trips all the rest. 2 days off.
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It gave me coverage days when I already had vacation scheduled, then didn't award two pairs from layer 1 on a different date "to cover more coverage dates."
I really, really dislike this PBS.
 
Until this company gets staffing in order this will be the result for the "average" seniority lineholder.


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ian said:
yeah i got a layer 2 pairing, this is some BS.


I do hate how it won't give you layer 1 pairings due to line constraints....aka pbs screws you and doesn't actually award in seniority order.
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If only there were a group of volunteers you can email to explain why you got what you got....
 
At the end of the day PBS simply plays games that shouldn't be played with our schedules. Is it because the algorithm sucks? The company has too much power to set parameters? You tell me.
The #1 guy should be able to hand pick his pairings (adhering to legalities of course), then #2 should do the same with whatever is remaining, #3, #4, so on and so forth.
There shouldn't be any head scratching whatsoever. If I want pairing A, B, C, and D and they're all still available and constitute a legal line, than that is exactly what I should get.
Computers basically run the world, I refuse to believe that they can't build proper schedules for a group of pilots.
 
melltimejr said:
At the end of the day PBS simply plays games that shouldn't be played with our schedules. Is it because the algorithm sucks? The company has too much power to set parameters? You tell me.
The #1 guy should be able to hand pick his pairings (adhering to legalities of course), then #2 should do the same with whatever is remaining, #3, #4, so on and so forth.
There shouldn't be any head scratching whatsoever. If I want pairing A, B, C, and D and they're all still available and constitute a legal line, than that is exactly what I should get.
Computers basically run the world, I refuse to believe that they can't build proper schedules for a group of pilots.
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Exactly...and that's not how it works even though it should
 
melltimejr said:
At the end of the day PBS simply plays games that shouldn't be played with our schedules. Is it because the algorithm sucks? The company has too much power to set parameters? You tell me.
The #1 guy should be able to hand pick his pairings (adhering to legalities of course), then #2 should do the same with whatever is remaining, #3, #4, so on and so forth.
There shouldn't be any head scratching whatsoever. If I want pairing A, B, C, and D and they're all still available and constitute a legal line, than that is exactly what I should get.
Computers basically run the world, I refuse to believe that they can't build proper schedules for a group of pilots.
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While in theory this should be how it works but it would be impossible to do so. If it literally went in seniority order, and just gave everyone the pairings legally. I bet once it got down the list it would be unable to make legal schedules with the pairings available.

The system has to think globally to make schedules for the entire airline.
 
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I think I remember seeing at some point that our POI would renew your CFI... anybody got the details on that? I still have Am Flyers lifetime, but it's a pain in the ass. :D


Edit: Nevermind, an hour and 10 minutes later I finished the Am Flyers one. Without the 16 hr requirement it goes.. much faster now.
 
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If there are any LAX based captains living in the around the Seattle area (or other PNW) that want to swap their LAX trips for SEA trips PM me... thanks!
 
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