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Ok, maybe I'm wrong. Can you quote me your white paper where it said you tested a non-generic version of smartpref with real ASA pairings from a particular month/base/seat? Can you quote the conclusions of said testing and what it would take to maintain your QOL or if it can't, why not?

I guess I missed it.

I can't because your product continues to crash. If you had a product that was proven and has been in service then maybe someone could do a run.

 

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Yea look what happened in those terminator movies when the computers took over. But seriously, you are kcufed with any new system. Go with something that is tried and true, unless it means a pissing contest with a merger company... Then kcuf that!!! Go with the totally unproven stuff and show those guys!!!!

They, McKnight, doesn't want to because he will not have "full" control. It would have to be shared with someone from ASA and it would move him out of the limelight.

It's all about control. XE wants it over everyone.

 

[777forever]

There is ZERO chance of Prefbid being in the JCBA. The company is tired of it and after McPickle pointed out the flaws that I didn't even realize, I'm tired of it too. I'm on the SmartPref bandwagon.

If the ASA side doesn't back off on this Prefbid stance ASA will remain stagnant and all future growth will be placed on the L-XJT side. We ASA peeps need to as we so eloquently like to put "get on board" with the Company's and L-XJT's desire to switch to Smartpref.

 

[Oakum_Boy]

Who cares where the growth is. You want your upgrade, and thats understandable. Perhaps Pinnacle was the place for you afterall!

 

[Nevets]

PrefBid will give pilots more schedule satisfaction than SmartPref. Please, get over the fact that L-ASA uses it. It's the system and the rules, not the pilot group. SmartPref has no rules except to stuff 8 lbs in a 5 lb bag. A computer will pick half the trips on your line except for the pilots in McPickles upper seniority range. He will get what he bids. Why shouldn't the rest of the pilots junior to him? Why should the software have that much authority?

How do you know if it will give better schedule satisfaction if you've never used smartpref? I don't even care that you guys use it. It's just annoying that your MEC are ostriches and treat you guys like mushrooms. And you saying smartpref has no rules just proves your ignorance but that's not really your fault.

And can you show me where your entire pilot group has used the product during a monthly bid process? I didn't think so.

So, since you couldn't answer my questions and completely ignored them, you change the subject? They were not rhetorical. If you have the ability to answer my questions, I'll answer yours.

I can't because your product continues to crash. If you had a product that was proven and has been in service then maybe someone could do a run.

There you go again. What do my questions to you have to do with your incorrect assertion that smartpref continues to crash?

Honestly, I was giving you the benefit of the doubt. I was thinking I missed it in your white paper so I was really asking. If you are right I'll take it back. I will repost my questions for you:

Can you quote me your white paper where it said you tested a non-generic version of smartpref with real ASA pairings from a particular month/base/seat? Can you quote the conclusions of said testing and what it would take to maintain your QOL or if it can't, why not?

 

[Freebrd]

There is ZERO chance of Prefbid being in the JCBA. The company is tired of it and after McPickle pointed out the flaws that I didn't even realize, I'm tired of it too. I'm on the SmartPref bandwagon.

If the ASA side doesn't back off on this Prefbid stance ASA will remain stagnant and all future growth will be placed on the L-XJT side. We ASA peeps need to as we so eloquently like to put "get on board" with the Company's and L-XJT's desire to switch to Smartpref.

777 you sicken me, but then it's all about you huh sweetheart

 

[Speedtape]

How do you know if it will give better schedule satisfaction if you've never used smartpref? I don't even care that you guys use it. It's just annoying that your MEC are ostriches and treat you guys like mushrooms. And you saying smartpref has no rules just proves your ignorance but that's not really your fault.

PrefBid will give me a better schedule because it honors seniority. SmartPref globalizes and will give me one or more trips that the "approximate logic" chooses.

My MEC did their homework and picked the best PBS several years ago. Two years of bidding and a happy pilot group is my proof. What's yours?

SmartPref has NO negotiated rules to protect your pilots. Quit your childish personal attacks. It's evidence that you can't address the issues. The more you post, the more apparent it becomes that you lack any meaningful knowledge. You are just parroting what someone else has told you. The sad part, is if you ever find out what the globalization will do to you, it wll be too late. For testimonials, ask a Continental Pilot or a SkyWest pilot about Globalization. Results cannot be explained.

Give the link to the system rules. You can't because there are none. SmartPref is no better than what the Continental Pilots are using. It's marketing spin is false.

There is no such thing as live bidding, and there is not one PBS that can make the claim. The GUI is Fool's Gold. What you see will constantly change through the bidding process. In the last hours of bidding, with the high volume of activity, your representative schedule will go through a metamorphosis. SmartPref will not be able to give accurate information the last few hours because it will bogg down and the award engine will not be able to keep up with the high volume of bidder input.

 

[JumpersAway]

Who cares where the growth is. You want your upgrade, and thats understandable. Perhaps Pinnacle was the place for you afterall!

YOU should care where the growth is, and ISN'T! The house is on fire, and we're standing being outrageously demanding on both sides of the house. The funny thing is, nobody seems to think they are the ones in trouble. The reality is we're all in deep $hit! United AND Delta want the same thing- pressure on us for the lowest block hour rate possible. Both sides are going to shrink and take a beating here.

You speak as if your longevity at this company provides you a status above this. What do you expect to happen if things tank here, and you start sliding backwards. This IS going to happen for you..............WAKE UP!

 

[enuffalready]

There is no such thing as live bidding, and there is not one PBS that can make the claim. The GUI is Fool's Gold. What you see will constantly change through the bidding process. In the last hours of bidding, with the high volume of activity, your representative schedule will go through a metamorphosis. SmartPref will not be able to give accurate information the last few hours because it will bogg down and the award engine will not be able to keep up with the high volume of bidder input.

been saying from day 1. When the bid window opens live budding will be operational but useless. then at the end when people make changes or bid for first time your live bidding is even more worthless. the only people that think it is a big deal are ones that have never used any PBS. every time someone talks about this option they lose credibility because, as stated above, it truly is fools gold

 

[777forever]

YOU should care where the growth is, and ISN'T! The house is on fire, and we're standing being outrageously demanding on both sides of the house. The funny thing is, nobody seems to think they are the ones in trouble. The reality is we're all in deep $hit! United AND Delta want the same thing- pressure on us for the lowest block hour rate possible. Both sides are going to shrink and take a beating here.

You speak as if your longevity at this company provides you a status above this. What do you expect to happen if things tank here, and you start sliding backwards. This IS going to happen for you..............WAKE UP!

Let Oakum Boy be, in a couple years when he's sitting ready reserve in ATL while we're lineholders at mainline flying transcon 1 or 2 leg a day trips he'll have plenty of time to reflect on "what could have been"