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10-28-2018, 09:24 AM

#2621

doz4dllrs

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Originally Posted by Aero1900

So, just to be clear.... are you for or against PBS?

Still undecided. I'm waiting for our reps to inform us what's best for us.

10-28-2018, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by therapysession

I don't think you have any idea what you're talking about. You can't "cherry pick" pairings because pairings don't exist under PBS. My experience, it's the senior pilots who suffer, because they are too stuck in their ways to figure out how to bid. Good job trying to troll though.

Pairings don’t exist????

10-28-2018, 10:26 AM

#2623

Mugatu

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Friendly reminder therapysession is management

10-28-2018, 10:30 AM

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ExecNav

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The primary difference between line bidding and PBS is that you bid for pairings instead of lines. Misspoke? Or...

10-28-2018, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by doz4dllrs

"Pairings don't exist under PBS." Are you serious? You lack a basic fundamental understanding of how PBS works. Pairings do exist and you absolutely can cherry-pick individual pairings in pbs.

No idea what I'm talking about? Coming from you, that's rich!

Actually no they don't. You have no idea what the pairings are, hence the name "preference bid." You put in your preferences then boom you get a schedule. So yes I'm correct. There are zero pairings that you can cherry pick. Still no idea what you're talking about.

10-28-2018, 04:52 PM

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therapysession

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Originally Posted by ExecNav

The primary difference between line bidding and PBS is that you bid for pairings instead of lines. Misspoke? Or...

Wrong. You bid for PREFRENCES. Seriously people, before you write pages of PBS bs at least have a knowledge of what it is.

10-28-2018, 05:00 PM

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V1 McFlyerson

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Originally Posted by therapysession

Bro, you’re wronger than 2 Barry Biffles fighting over the last bushel of kale in the produce isle.

10-28-2018, 05:07 PM

#2628

ninerdriver

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Originally Posted by therapysession

My airline uses PBS. One of the preferences that we can bid is "desire specific pairing XXXXX," which allows us to cherry-pick pairings and basically build our own lines if we're senior enough. We get a published list of all available pairings at the beginning of each bid period.

Obviously, it's not a guarantee that F9 would configure a PBS that way (and I sure as h3ll am not going to get involved in whether PBS would work for F9 pilots

), but bidding by preferences and bidding for pairings don't have to be mutually exclusive in a PBS.

10-28-2018, 05:18 PM

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Wrong. You bid for PREFRENCES. Seriously people, before you write pages of PBS bs at least have a knowledge of what it is.

I don’t think you have actually used PBS. There are several versions but all essentially do the same thing. Pairings or rotations are built exactly the same as with line bidding. You can view all the pairings before bidding. There are multiple ways to bid. I am senior enough to simply click on and bid the specific pairings I want. You can also put preferences in the system instead. Preferences are just another way of telling PBS what pairings you want.