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[FONT="]PBS Training Begins Soon[/FONT]Did I miss an email? When does PBS start?
It doesn't matter what system is used. The top get what they want, the middle get nothing and the bottom gets hosed.
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[FONT="]Question:[/FONT][FONT="] Why are we conducting weekly parallel bidding vs. monthly parallel bidding?[/FONT]
[FONT="]Answer:[/FONT][FONT="]Bidding three times in one month compared to three times in three months invokes the law of exercise, and stresses the idea that repetition is basic to the development of adequate response; things most often repeated are easiest remembered. [/FONT][FONT="]It is [/FONT][FONT="]critical for you to be proficient with PrefBid prior to bidding for schedules in the upcoming holiday months.[/FONT]
Real Answer: The company wants PBS live ASAP and ALPA is obliging them.
Who wants to bid 4 times in one month? Unless they have 3 different sets of pairing data, what good will 3 bids in one month achieve? If they use different pairing data for each practice bid, how will that be "parallel bidding". I thought the entire point of the parallel bids was to see the effects of your PBS bid vs. your normal line bidding pattern for 3 cycles. I distinctly remember them saying we would have one month of training followed by 3 months of parallel bidding in the PBS roadshows. What incentive does the union have to rush this?
Email your reps, I know it's a pain in the but by letting them know how outright pissed we are is the only thing that might help.
I say the quicker we get this thing going the better. We voted for this thing overwhelmingly so it must be better than what we have now. We have a month to practice with it. Thats all I need.
Get this thing online now! Bye bye integration. Bye bye red arrows. Hello partial trip drops and first come first served open time.
ALPA also forgot to tell you that the pairings that will be used for the parallel bids will be fictitious pairings which follow the LOA; not the actual pairings for September. What good will that do? I can build a great schedule if I can make up the pairings!