Asa pbs

[Trcb777]

September vacation and AQP. I got 17 days in a row off and a 3 day trip. 22 days off for the month. July vacation I managed 24 days in a row rolling into Aug. Gotta love pbs...

 

[Roger Dat]

Did that easily with the old system and took maybe 5 minutes to bid...no need to trick the computer into not giving junk.....takes forever to bid now

But with the old system you didn't get paid anywhere near guarantee where PBS you do...

1 week of vacation in sept. got 20 days off in a row and getting paid 75 hrs....

 

[ASAFOE120]

takes me about 10 minutes to bid. I hold a much better schedule than i ever did under line bidding and i'm in about the bottom 3rd.

 

[xkuzme1]

But with the old system you didn't get paid anywhere near guarantee where PBS you do...

1 week of vacation in sept. got 20 days off in a row and getting paid 75 hrs....

That's a work rule and not a function the bidding process. Be careful to not attach the two. If you do then you will shoot yourself in the foot with contract negotiations. You can negotiate pay, schedule, guarantee, and workrules, but if you negotiated any of the above as a package deal then you are showing that you do not understand how professional negotiating works.

First you negotiate the price of the car (regardless of finance options)
Second you negotiate any extras you require (floormats and under coating)
Third you negotiate the price of your trade in vehicle
Fourth you negotiate financing options.

When you combine them into one package deal, you will not win the negotiations.

X

 

[711-24-7]

PBS is awesome, speaking as a RES and a line holder. This month 23 days off (including 1 week of vacation) and gurantee to take home. It builds decent lines (as long as you know how to bid), beats the heck out of the old ASA line bidding (flica, in-house) systems hands down!! As always everything and every rules needs a bit of tweaking, but overall it is a really good system.

 

[Max Q]

Spent 10-15 minutes to bid. 15 days off. Got everything I wanted. I feel like PBS has been scheduling mini vacations for me into every month.

Take your line bidding and blow it out your ***.

 

[SiuDude]

Spent 10-15 minutes to bid. 15 days off. Got everything I wanted. I feel like PBS has been scheduling mini vacations for me into every month.

Take your line bidding and blow it out your ***.

I second.

 

[centralpilot]

I feel like PBS has been scheduling mini vacations for me into every month.

This. I was able to build a 9 day off stretch in the middle of the month (no vacation). The pairings I was assigned are exactly the type of trips I wanted. It might have been possible to get the off time I wanted with line bidding, but would have required numerous swaps after the initial award. Those swaps could (and likely would) have been denied or the available pairings could have been inferior. This way worked great and I was done bidding after about 15 minutes. If you know how to use the advanced editor you can seriously cut down your bidding time.

There are definitely work rules that could use improvement, but I've been happy with my schedule every month since they flipped the switch.

 

[Gulf-front]

Something to take your mind off PBS.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx2BbNr4Pj4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[Freebrd]

First you negotiate the price of the car (regardless of finance options)
Second you negotiate any extras you require (floormats and under coating)
Third you negotiate the price of your trade in vehicle
Fourth you negotiate financing options.

When you combine them into one package deal, you will not win the negotiations.

X

low ball 'em, then have 'em throw in the extra stuff for no more than 1/2 what they want for them, sell your trade-in yourself (more moola), have your own financing done before you get there. then you win! :smash:

 

[Master Shake]

Spent 10-15 minutes to bid. 15 days off. Got everything I wanted. I feel like PBS has been scheduling mini vacations for me into every month.

Take your line bidding and blow it out your ***.

We shall see where the rubber meets the road when they actually give us a TA to vote on. That said, enjoy it while you have it. I know I am.

 

[Nevets]

This PBS magic is all SOP with XJT's line bidding and work rules. The only difference is the flexibility of the XJT system.

 

[Cpt Oveur]

About 30 minutes total to build my bid sheet up, could have done it in half that once I figured it out. 21 days off in a row with 1 week of vacation. I get my 75 hour guarantee.

 

[Dannone]

Nothing wrong with PBS but I am a 200 Captain and I only credit 65 hours this month. Would like close to 100 and bid for 85. Again not PBS but lousy pairings!!!

 

[JoeMerchant]

PBS works fine for me...No complaints here...Another good schedule...