Speedtape
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P.S. All the 3-day trips and AM trips were forced pairings that I hadn't placed anywhere on my bid, and there were several crewmembers junior to me getting the pairings I had bid.
I got that scary part. Eeek! That part, "Forced pairings," is one of the very undesirable things about all PBS systems, but especially AOS. I hear that it is probably the worst of all in that regard. I believe the reason for it is the logic which disregards the seniority concept to a large degree in finding solutions, and uses more of a form of "global logic" in finding solutions. By that, I mean it looks for an overall solution for all bidders (and the company settings) and to some degree ignores the individual pilot's request at the order in which he bids. This would explain your dilemma.
Sorry if it was a little fuzzy... I talked to one of the PBS trainers after the bids came out and told him my concerns, and wondered what could be done to improve things. I mentiioned that I had already discussed in great detail what could be done to improve things with other PBS trainers, and hadn't had great success. Some of the things I considered problems on the bid award that I asked him to look at were: 1.) Getting several 3 day trips that I hadn't even bid on my 7th layer, while several people junior to me got the locals I was trying to get. 2.) Getting the AM trips that I hadn't bid, and getting them after PM's(leaving minimal rest time). 3.) It didn't seem to matter what I chose for block hours or days off, the results were never even close.
He said he'd look into it, and several days later I got the "it looks like you pretty much got what you wanted" response...Not very helpful to say the least!
Thank you; that was very clear. This is no disrespect meant to you or your instructors, as I am trying to get my brain around it. I guess this confirms what I had heard earlier in that PBS kind of operates in a cloak of secrecy there and no one really understands fully how it operates or are able to explain it to any great degree to improve in bidding on an individual basis. Is that a fair assessment?
You guys have had AOS for about 5 years now(since 2004)????
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