BidPro and AirTran

[terrehautesux]

Does it work well?

 

[atldc9]

YES!!! I am a relatively junior Captain, botom 1/3rd of the hard lines. For the last 3 months, I have gotten my 3rd, 4th, and 9th choices respectively. I haven't SAP'd anything the past 3 months because I have gotten almost exactly what I have wanted out of BidPro.

Cheapest $7.95 I can spend.

 

[-9Capt]

I've had good luck with it also. You just can't ask it for too much, 3-4 parameters tops. Well worth the price.

 

[Steeler Fan]

I've had good luck with it also. You just can't ask it for too much, 3-4 parameters tops. Well worth the price.

I agree! Well worth the $. Just don't blindly trust what the program spits out. I know someone who ended up doing standups last month (he was NOT a happy camper).

 

[terrehautesux]

ha ha, yeah, standups stink. Thanks.

 

[-9Capt]

No reason you should get stuck flying standups if you're senior enough to hold a regular line. Whoever that was didn't use the elimination settings.

 

[BSkin]

I agree with all the posts above, except the part about the guy blindly doing it and getting standups. You can eliminate them if, w/out them you have enough other bids.


I believe I've seen that you were recently hired. I wouldn't worry about it for quite some time. Get through ground school, sims, IOE, and try to have fun doing it.

I finished IOE in August, had heard about BidPro, but didn't worry about it until I could bid (and expect to get) something other than reserve and stand-ups. This month (Feb bids) was the second month I used it and it worked great. I never looked at the bids, not by choice, but I didn't have them. Last month I chose layovers as the most important choice, and got that -- however mostly 6 am and earlier reports. This month chose later show times as the most important and that worked. I'll take the cold and a 4 or 5 hour later show time any day.I'm around 240 or so of 717 fos and got my 60-something choice. I'll take that. Spent 20 minutes on BidPro and that was that. 8 bucks is well worth it, compared to hours and hours of going through the lines and pairings.
Congrats and good luck.

 

[XGmaninGA]

Bid the 737. We only have 10 of them right now, with more to come. Bid package is still very small.

 

[Steeler Fan]

I agree with all the posts above, except the part about the guy blindly doing it and getting standups. You can eliminate them if, w/out them you have enough other bids.

Congrats and good luck.

For Feb, I checked the box to eliminate Stand-ups, but they still showed up. I had to eliminate trips that operated between 2AM and 4AM in order to eliminate them. It happened to me. (Maybe I just tried to input my criteria too fast). Just make sure to look before you submit them (I just make sure that no bid is higher than #287--or whatever the first Stand-up line is).

I did Stand-ups for about 12 months straight, and don't really feel like doing them again--unless I'm wearing an extra stripe.

 

[terrehautesux]

B Skin, Thank you for the welcome. I was furloughed from ATA and now coming to AirTran. btw, i'm thrilled to be joining you. I used it at ATA and it worked very well, for reserve that is. It seems BidPro has their stuff together and I will keep the subscription going. Thanks.