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2. AWARD Duty Time within Trip This Award command allows you to select trips with a specified range of time that you are on duty You can select time ranges and then either specific dates or day ranges throughout the month For example if you were to say Award Duty Time Within Trip 00 01 to 23 59 Sat 0001 Sun 2359 you would capture all trips that contained at least one occurrence of duty time on Saturdays or Sundays for the entire month This includes some trips that operate on adjoining days as well This command has an Event local qualifier This means that this command will capture any trips with at least one occurrence of duty time between 00 01 on Saturdays to 23 59 on Sundays event contained within the date range that you specified referenced to ocal time Local time is the time zone where the event begins AVOID Duty Time within Trip This Avoid command works similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Duty Time Within Trip 00 01 to 23 59 Sat 0001 Sun 2359 any trip that contained any duty time on Saturday or Sunday would be avoided from that point forward and not be considered any further within your bid group This command has an Event local qualifier This means that this command will capture any trips with any duty time between 00 01 on Saturdays to 23 59 on Sundays event contained within the date range that you specified referenced to ocal time Local time is the tim
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4. Clipb Bid Groups 3 DRX th BR A gd croup Up Line is of Category 2 AWARD Work 01May 0001 30May 2359 1483 100 2405 1483 1483 The Filter Results tab will allow you to view which trips the pool when you click the numbers the right of each bid row amp queue Slot Remaining 75 Total Slots Remaining 12 Credit Range 77 00 87 00 If you click on a number in the Pool column the Filter Results tab will open and Filter Results BOLD indicates trip has a limit associated with it First leg Layovers 30JUN 17 06 30JUN 07 49 H5016 30JUN 07 57 17 58 you will see the trips the bid group trip pool and the weighting that you assigned to each of them H5032 30JUN 10 32 H5009 01JUL 06 18 UTJUL 18 2U EWR H5016 01JUL 07 57 01JUL 17 58 D1JUL 09 14 D1JUL 18 48 v5 02 16 The row of icons below these two tabs is what you will use to create and modify your bid rows There are four sections in this row of icons The first section can be used to create delete or modify your individual bid rows The open area above the icons is the working space where you will work with your bid rows Clicking the first icon on the left will allow you to create a new bid row When this icon is clicked a drop down menu will appear in the w
5. Click here to access the Standing Overview tab The Standing Overview tab is identical in function to the Overview tab except that it refers to your standing bid groups Please see the Overview section for detailed explanations of the functions available v5 02 32 7 0 BIDDING STATEMENTS There are four basic categories of commands that are used to define the type of line you want SET WAIVE AWARD and AVOID The functionality of these commands was defined previously in the System Description section This section describes how to use those commands in conjunction with specific trip or line characteristics to form bidding statements 7 1 Line Bid Group AWARD and AVOID Commands AWARD and AVOID commands are used to populate the weighted trip pools with trips AWARD moves trips from a pool of a lesser weighting to a pool of a greater weighting AVOID freezes trips in their current location Important mnemonic AWARD MOVE and AVOID FREEZE These commands also have qualifiers associated with them Qualifiers determine how a command captures a trip and which date time reference is in use Pay attention to the qualifiers AIRCRAFT TYPE AWARD Aircraft Type This Award command allows you to select different aircraft types within your category The drop down menu contains each aircraft type contained in your category and also a Premium option For example you may say Award Aircraft Type Premium or Award
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7. Bid Period U N E D ED Bidding Opens 06 Apr 2013 1700CT Bidding Closes 12 Apr 2013 1000 01 May 2013 30 May 2013 Name John Doe Emp 5555 Base IAH Equipment 756 Position FO My Reports May 13 5555 Reason Report html 17 Apr 2013 08 24 48 kb May 13 5555 Bid Award Report v2 html 17 Apr 2013 08 00 130 kb May 13 5555 Bid Award Report pdf 17 Apr 2013 07 58 5kb Apr 13 5555 Reason Report html 17 Mar 2013 08 47 41 Apr 13 5555 Bid Award Report v2 html 18 Mar 2013 13 55 138 kb Apr 13 5555 Bid Award Report 18 Mar 2013 13 53 4 kb 20130513 020752 Y 5555 pdf 13 May 2013 02 07 2 kb 20130512 020548 Y 5555 pdf 12 2013 02 05 2 kb 20130511 020632 Y 5555 pdf 11 May 2013 02 06 2 kb 20130510 020848 Y 5555 pdf 10 May 2013 02 08 2kb 20130509 020434 Y 5555 pdf 09 May 2013 02 04 2kb 2253 20130508 020352 5555 pdf 08 May 2013 02 03 2 kb Category 43 20130507 020315 Y 5555 pdf 07 May 2013 02 03 2 kbl Total in CAT GLine 241 1207 20130413 021127 Y 5555 pdf 13 Apr 2013 02 10 2kb CAT GLine Seniority 1796 120 Minimum days off 12 Table of Contents 1 0 INTRODUCTION 1 1 1 1 1 1 Web browser based software 2 eiie iier itecto 1 2 0 5 2 3 0 SYS
8. 0001 30May 2359 2485 100 2005 2485 2465 5 02 21 6 2 The Clipboard tab is used to individual bid rows from bid groups to other bid groups As mentioned previously there are icons on the screen that copy an entire existing bid group to new bid group but there are times when you only want to copy a portion of a group or place a single bid row in several bid groups Those functions are available using the clipboard Access the clipboard by clicking on the Clipboard tab March Bid Period U N D ED Bidding Opens 06 Feb 2013 1700 Bidding Closes 30 Mar 2013 2359CT 02 March 2013 31 March 2013 Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Sat Sun Tue Wed Thu Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Sat Sun Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2 28 29 30 31 Overview Prev Month Standing Bid Groups gt Standing Overview open Bid Group Selecting this tab will open the clipboard Once inside the Clipboard tab you ll notice that there are two distinct sides to the clipboard The left side with blue and white horizontal rows is the area where bid rows that you have copied from bid groups will appear The right side with green and white horiz
9. Minimum days off 12 Each of the documents in each of the tabs is a link and can be opened by clicking on it A description of each of the documents is provided below v5 02 60 8 1 Bid Award Reports Your Bid Award reports will be listed in the following format Oct_13_YourEmp _Bid_ Award Report pdf Clicking on this link will open up your Bid Award for the month of October 2013 Below is an example of a bid award report Each Bid Award report will contain information about your schedule for the month as depicted below Note The format of the Bid Award report will be changing The image below may not reflect the current Bid Award report format Replays Statua Ral penet 26 27 29 29 20 2 WE misa IM ZUM CUM GUM ESE IAN IAN Specific trip information is isplayed below the line award PILOT gt 2425 24 Oct 1 WNL 2925 1 20 25 29 4 20 9 25 24 06 20 92 OP P20 27L 0517 21 0 7 45 9 15 21 25 gt 671 445 2462 5 02 61 8 2 Reasons Reports Your Reasons reports will be listed in the following format Oct_10_YourEmp _Reason_Report html Clicking on this link will open your Reasons report for the month of October 2010 Your Reasons report contains detailed information regarding your bid groups and how they were processed From your Reasons report you can determine which bid group you were awarded and reasons why some bid groups yo
10. Dispute Resolution Form This form can be used to dispute your bid award if you feel that PBS made an error in your award It is available using the drop down menu on the Crew Info screen Downline An airport in the middle of a trip A downline airport is any airport other than the one where the trip originates or terminates Duty period A duty period starts when you report for a flight assignment or deadhead and ends when you are released from duty for scheduled rest either within or at the end of a trip Duty time Duty time is time within a trip that you are actually on duty Scheduled rest periods within a trip are not considered duty time Flying Line A monthly schedule that contains trips G line The G line is the pilot at a seniority level in a category where that pilot and those senior to him are entitled to be lineholders and where those pilots junior to him could all be awarded a reserve schedule Global Flight A flight that is not a Basic flight Global Trip A trip that contains one or more Global flights Home Base Time The time zone of your pilot base Augment Crew Trip International relief officer augmenting pilot trip Line A monthly schedule A flying line contains trips and a reserve line contains reserve days Line Bid Group A bid group with commands that apply to a flying line Personal Block Cap PBC Personal block cap is defined in UPA section 5 B 4 Please refer to that document for details Pr
11. Completion Mode 2 Removes the SET LINE CREDIT RANGE statement from your final bid group Completion Mode 3 Removes all SETS and LIMITS from your final bid group with the exception of the SET HARD commands which remain throughout Completion Mode Completion Mode 4 Adds the statement AWARD WORK L to the top of your final bid group RESERVE Completion Mode 1 Basic and Global Bid Groups Removes all SETS Converts Must Award HDO or FDO to Award FDO Converts Must Award Off to Award RDO and or Award FDO Adds Award RDO FDO RSV to the top of the bid group at a weight lower than all other commands Completion Mode 1 GUM Compressed Only Removes all SETS except Set Compressed Converts Must Award HDO or FDO to Award FDO Converts Must Award Off to Award RDO and or Award FDO Adds Award RDO FDO RSV to the top of the bid group at a weight lower than all other commands Completion Mode 2 GUM Compressed Only Removes WAIVE Allow Single Day Off 1 Group if applicable v5 02 8 4 0 SYSTEM ACCESS 4 1 Log In PBS is accessed through the Crew Communications System CCS Click on the Bidding pull down menu and select PBS The system will initially display the Crew Info page May Bid Period U N E D ED Bidding Opens 06 Apr 2013 1700CT Bidding Closes 12 Apr 2013 1000 01 2013 30 May 2013 Mon Tue Wed Thu Tue Thu Fri Tue Thu Fri Mon Tue Thu 06 07 08 09 14 16 17 21 23 24 27 28 30 Crew Inf
12. 20 00 h 31May 00 01 29Jun 23 59 4 AWARD Layover SAN Length gt 20 00 h 31May 00 01 16Jun 23 59 5 AWARD Work 31 00 01 29Jun 23 59 Copy the selected bid group s to the current month This panel shows the bid group that is highlighted on the left 8 in this case Select or deselect all bid groups with these icons v5 02 31 6 7 Standing Bid Groups Tab Access your standing bid groups by clicking the Standing Bid Groups tab March Bid Period U N 1 D ED Bidding Opens 06 Feb 2013 1700 Bidding Closes 30 Mar 2013 2359 02 March 2013 31 March 2013 Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu 02 03 04 08 06 07 08 Wed 20 Thu 21 Fri 22 Sat 23 Mon 25 Wed 27 Thu 28 Fri 29 Sat 30 Sun 31 Tue 26 Sun 24 Tue 19 Sat 09 Mon 11 Wed 13 Thu 14 Fri 15 Sat 16 Mon 18 Sun 17 Tue 12 Sun 10 Bid Groups Mar Bid Analysis Tool Overview Prev Month Standing Bid Groups Yl Bid Groups 4 Weekends Off O T 4 gt Be Open Bid Groug Move Up Line is Off Click here to access your standing bid groups The Standing Bid Groups tab is identical in function to the Bid Groups tab that you use to enter your monthly bid except tha
13. Sun 10 Mon 11 red 13 Thu 14 Tue 12 Fri 15 Sat 16 Sun 17 Mon 18 Wed 20 Thu 21 Tue 19 Fri 22 Sat 23 Sun 24 Mon 25 Wed 27 Tue 26 Once you have selected Disputes from the drop down menu the default screen will allow you to review any open disputes You may also navigate using the tabs to submit a new dispute or edit your contact information March Bid Period ing Opens 06 Feb 2013 1700CT ing Closes 30 Mar 2013 2359CT Sun Mon Tue Thu Fri Sat Sun 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 02 2013 31 2013 Sat Sun Mon Wed Thu 02 03 04 0 07 08 Ticket Bid Month Submitted Message No Open Disputes Tue 05 Sat 09 Thu 21 Fn 22 Sat 23 Sun 3 Tue Wed 19 20 Sun Mon 24 25 Thu 28 29 30 Tue Wed 26 2 Use these tabs to view open disputes file new disputes or edit your contact info v5 02 81 When you select the New Dispute tab the following dialog box will appear This form should be used if you feel your PBS bid award did not conform to a requirement of the Pilot Contract or the FARs due to an error in the PBS program This form should NOT be used for general inquiries as to
14. bid group cannot be used by PBS when building your line Bid Period bid month the dates of which may not correspond to a calendar month See UPA section 2 Bid Rows A series of ordered bidding statements that comprise a bid group You can have a maximum of 50 bid rows in each bid group Bidding Command A SET WAIVE AWARD or AVOID command that is used a bidding statement SET and WAIVE are used to define overall line characteristics AVOID is used to freeze trips in their current pool AWARD is used to move trips into a different pool Bidding Statement A bidding command combined with a particular trip or line characteristic that is used to build a bid row Bid Snapshot A listing of all of your bid groups that PBS captures every evening and that can be printed for future review The snapshot includes all submitted and unsubmitted bid groups including your standing bid groups The snapshot does not include trip pool information Category As defined in UPA section 2 K a category is a base equipment and status combination e g ORD 756 F O to which a pilot is assigned Completion Mode A function of PBS that ensures you will receive a schedule if all submitted bid groups fail Completion mode gradually adds trips or reserve days and relaxes restrictions based on your final submitted bid group until a legal schedule can be built Day As defined in UPA section 2 0 a day begins at 0100 and ends at 0059 v5 02 2
15. i ea a cet Bc 76 TO A Reserve Line Days vec cade Ada etcetera e Du i th dea ee 76 lE 76 Types of Days Off zc Stet tet t mt tb ttm titt aotem 76 Basic MEE 77 Global Reserve 77 1 in 7 Rule Single day Off ic ed dot e deiade 77 Reserve Proration Table 5 E 5 b 30 Days veen evaz 78 Reserve Proration Table 5 E 5 b 31 Days 79 Reserve Proration Table 5 E 7 e Global ossessi vcv e dernek tae eare 80 11 eet ere eot tay tte d e ttt tee ette 81 1 0 INTRODUCTION 1 1 General This manual is designed to familiarize pilots with the features and capabilities of the Jeppesen Preferential Bidding System PBS Explanations of the software and its features are included Also included are the definitions of each command and a glossary of terms that are specific to PBS In addition to this manual pilots should be familiar with the scheduling related provisions of the United Pilot Agreement UPA PBS is a tool that awards lines in compliance with the UPA and Federal Aviation Regulations FARs A working knowledge of the rules under which PBS must operate is extremely helpful when bidding If there is any discrepancy betwe
16. 2 7 G line is the pilot at a seniority level in a category where that pilot and those senior to him are entitled to be lineholders and where those pilots junior to him could all be awarded a reserve schedule In other words the G line is the most junior pilot in a category to be guaranteed a flying line award Pilots below the G line are not guaranteed a flying line award but may receive one depending on their own bids the bids of more senior pilots trips remaining to be assigned reserve coverage requirements and the availability of pilots to cover those assignments At or above G line without reserve bid groups If you are at or above the G line and do not want a reserve line under any circumstances do not use any reserve bid groups You are contractually guaranteed a flying line if you want one and using even one reserve bid group tells PBS that you might want a reserve line under certain circumstances At or above G line with reserve bid groups If you are at or above the G line and use reserve bid groups you may receive a reserve line This is a technique some pilots use if they are willing to accept a reserve line in order to get certain days off Since bid groups are evaluated in order you would use line bid groups with those days off followed by reserve bid groups with those days off followed by either line or reserve bid group s without those days off This last step is important as it determines what happens if you are too juni
17. BI 7 AWARD Number of Duties 1 010ct 0001 310ct 2358 V AVOID Work 140410001 140ct 2359 cons for selecting or deselecting bid rows Icons for pasting or deleting selected bid rows v 1 v 2 v 3 copied to the clipboard are available to be pasted into other bid groups Dropdown menu for selecting ight line or reserve options On the right side of the window you will find the tools you need to select where the bid rows you choose will be placed from the clipboard You can select where in the bid group the selected bid rows will be placed using the drop down menu There is an option to select or deselect all bid groups and an additional drop down menu to select flight line or reserve groups The bid groups that are checked indicate selected bid groups where your clipboard bid rows will be inserted Bid Groups Bid Group Clipboard Flight Line D Bid Rows 7 AWARD Number of Duties 1 010 10001 310ct 2359 v AVOID Work 140ct 0001 140ct 2359 Bid Analysis Tool Overview Oct Compare Oct Overview Prev Month gt Standing Bid Groups Standing Overview Oct Select regular or standing bid groups Check marks indicate the destination bid groups for your selected bid rows Choose the destination row in he selected bid group s with his dropdown menu There is a separate clipboard for reserve
18. The bid group reports are presented in the following format 20130513 020752 This format is a date time stamp followed your employee number In this example the snapshot was taken on May 13 2013 at 02 07 52 am Clicking on this link will open the file which is then available for printing PBS also creates a report for you automatically every evening These are also available in the My Reports section on your Crew Info screen May Bid Period U N D ED Bidding Opens 06 Apr 2013 1700CT Bidding Closes 12 Apr 2013 1000 Mon Tue 13 14 Emp 5555 Base IAH Equipment 756 Position FO 01 May 2013 30 May 2013 Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Tue 01 06 07 02 03 04 05 Crew Info Wed 08 Thu 09 Fn 10 Sat 11 Sun 12 Fn 17 Sat 18 Sun Mon 19 Wed 22 Tue 21 Mon 27 Wed 29 Thu 30 Tue 28 Thu Fri 23 24 Wed Thu Sat Sun 15 16 25 26 CAT Award Reports gt System Documents Carry In 0 00 13 5555 Reason 17 2013 08 24 Flight Activities ooo May 13 5555 Bid Award Report v2 html 17 Apr 2013 08 00 130 Vacation ooo 13 5555 Bid Award Report pdf 17 Apr 2013 07 58 5 kb Bid period total 0 00 Apr 13 5555 Reason Report html 17 Mar 2013 08 47 41 Apr 13 5555 Bid Awar
19. gt DN Group Move Up Line is Click here to open the compare tool The Compare tool allows you to select two bid groups at a time to be presented along with their trip pool information You can then view both groups and review the differences between them in one location without switching back and forth Bid Groups Oct Clipboard gt Bid Analysis Tool gt Overview Oct Overview Prev Month Standing Overview Oct Time gt 1100 1010ct 00 01 310ct 23 59 B AVOID Wo 01 140ct 23 59 4 AWARD Numberpf Duties lt 1 010ct 00 01 310ct 23 59 H 00 0 Select which two bid groups to display in the top and bottom panels using the dropdown menu he bid groups you select will be displayed in the top and bottom windows for your review and comparison 1 SET Working Block Report Time gt 1100 AWARD Number of Duties lt 1 010ct 00 01 310ct 23 59 AVOID Work 010ct 00 01 030ct 23 59 4 AWARD Number of Duties lt 1 010ct 00 01 310ct 23 59 Impact Match Avail Pool 225 03 225 968 225 940 94 874 228 400 225 874 225 Impact Match Avail Pooll 225 03 225 968 225 95 94 95 873 228 89004 225 873 226 5 02 30 6 6 Overview Prev Tab Access the Overview Prev tool by clicking on the Overview Prev tab March Bid Period U N 1 D ED Bidding Opens 06 Feb 2013 1700 Bidding Clo
20. move all trips from supply to lowest pool To preference longer trips over shorter ones you could add the following statements to the bid shown above Avoid trip length 3 freeze 1 day and 2 day trips in the lowest pool Award work L move remaining trips to lower pool TRIP TYPES This is a bid for first officers that tells PBS you d rather fly Pacific trips but other trips are still available for assignment from the lowest pool if you re too junior to hold all Pacific trips It prioritizes Pacific F O trips first then Pacific augmented crew trips then all other trips both augmented and un augmented last It also tells PBS to use as few trips as is necessary in order to make a legal line Award work L move all trips from supply to lowest pool Award trip type Pacific L move Pacific trips from lowest to lower pool Avoid augmented crew position freeze Pacific augmented crew trips in lower pool and freeze other augmented crew trips in lowest pool Award trip type Pacific L move remaining Pacific trips from lower to low pool The order of the statements matters If you were to put the Avoid statement at the top it would freeze all of the augmented crew trips in the supply pool and they would not be available to build your line Avoid augmented crew position freeze all augmented crew trips in supply pool Award work L move all other trips from supply to lowest pool Award trip type Pacific L move Pacific F O trips from lo
21. 18 HNL HNL 20 14 Unavailable Awarded to Senior Bidder MAY 7 3821 11Jun 20 25 13Jun0625 GRU GRU 19 40 Unavailable Awarded to Senior Bidder B H 6 3805 12Jun 12 35 14Jun 12 18 HNL HNL 20 14 Unavailable Awarded to Senior Bidder MAH 7 3821 12Jun 20 25 14Jun06 25 GRU GRU 19 40 Unavailable Awarded to Senior Bidder H 6 3807 16Jun 12 35 18Jun 12 18 HNL HNL 20 20 Unavailable Awarded to Senior Bidder H 7 3821 16Jun 20 25 18Jun 06 25 GRU GRU 19 40 Unavailable Awarded to Senior Bidder 6 3805 17Jun 12 35 19Jun 12 18 HNL HNL 20 14 Unavailable Awarded to Senior Bidder 8 3 CAT Award Reports The category reports will show you the line award for every bidder in a category They are listed in the following format July 10 iah756ca CAT pdf Clicking on this link will display the line award reports for every captain the 756 category for the month of July 2010 8 4 Bid Group Reports Every evening while the bid window is open PBS takes a snapshot of your standing bid groups and your monthly bid groups and creates a bid group report This bid group report contains both submitted and unsubmitted bid groups and is presented in a printable PDF format The report displays all of the bid rows in each of your bid groups but does not contain any trip pool information that you would access by viewing your filters within the bidding interface These printable snapshots can be useful in evaluating your bid groups side by side an
22. 23 59 15Jun2013 00 00 17Jun2013 23 59 4 AVOID AIRCRAFT TYPE 752 31May2013 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 5 AVOID AIRCRAFT 753 31May2013 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 6 AWARD LAYOVER HNL 0 00 999 00 H 31May2013 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 1 matching AWARD LAYOVER GRU 0 00 999 00 H 31May2013 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 17 matching 8 AWARD LAYOVER FCO 0 00 999 00 H 31May2013 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 17 matching 9 AWARD LAYOVER 0 00 999 00 H 31May2013 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 17 matching 10 AWARD LAYOVER 0 00 999 00 H 31May2013 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 14 matching 11 AWARD LAYOVER BRU 0 00 999 00 H 31May2013 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 17 matching Total of 11 trips in the bid group trip pool Legal award that complies with bid group requirements not possible with remaining trips Hide Show Trip Pool 5 02 63 Each award statement is followed by a link to the number of trips matching that award statement This number reflects the number of trips that the statement matched NOT the number of trips that were available to you By clicking the link you will be able to view all of the matching trips and their disposition You will be able to determine if they were assigned to senior bidders or if they conflicted with any preassignments that you may have had 1112112 BID GROUP 3 1 SET LINE HIGH 83 50 90 00 2 AVOID WORK DATED 31May2013
23. 59 2121 kb 3 May 13 ewr756ca CAT pdf 17 Apr 2013 07 59 1362 Minimum days 12 May 13 ewr737to 17 Apr 2013 07 58 1649 W 42 crawTIFes CAT ndi 47 Any 2042 17 50 1569 bhl The System Documents tab contains informational documents and help files that may assist you in the bidding process July Bid Period UNITED D Bidding Opens 06 Jun 2013 1700 Bidding Closes 29 Jul 2013 1000 30 June 2013 29 July 2013 Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Sat Sun Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon Wed Thu Sat Sun 30 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 EVVR756 FirstOfficer Emp 26666 Equipment 756 Position FO My Reports 3 CAT Award Reports I TEE Y Carry In Weighting Info pdf 12 Jun 2013 23 08 Non Flight Activities Transition to the Dynamic Bid Model 2 12 Jun 2013 23 08 PBS User Guide 2011 Jepp pdf 12 Jun 2013 23 08 PBS Double duty buffer pdf 12 Jun 2013 23 08 Jul2013LPALCCLCF v1 OJUN 12 Jun 2013 23 08 Jul201 3LPALCCLCFvO7 JUN2013 pdf 12 Jun 2013 23 08 ClipBoard pdf 12 Jun 2013 23 08 Bid Analysis Tool 12 Jun 2013 23 08 AWARD CMB info 0 12 Jun 2013 23 08 System 20005 Base 20005 Total GLine 32114 7489 GLine Seniority 9996 61 below
24. Bid Groups tab is where you create and submit bid groups Just below the row of tabs there is a drop down menu that contains a list of all of your submitted and unsubmitted bid groups for the current bid month You can navigate directly to any of your monthly bid groups by using this menu and selecting a specific group Hovering over any of the icons on this page with the mouse pointer will display a dialog that describes the icon s functionality Unsubmitted bid groups will appear here with an asterisk next to them It is always a good idea to open this menu and make sure all of the bid groups that you wish to submit are submitted prior to exiting PBS Only submitted bid groups will be considered when the bid is run Bid Groups Mar Clipboard Bid Analysis Tool Overview Mar Compare gt Overview Prev Month gt Standing Bid Groups Standing Overview Bid Groups DRX tti A Submit Bid Group _ Move Up Line is The dropdown menu has been opened The asterisks next to bid groups 1 4 indicate that these groups have NOT been submitted 27 10 Queue Slot Remaining 72 Total Slots Remaining Impact Match Avail Pool 9 Credit Range 78 00 87 30 v5 02 13 create a new bid group use of the two icons next to the drop down menu icon will create new Line bid group and the R icon will create a new Reserve bid group Next to the bid group ico
25. PER DAY AWARD Trip Average Block per Day This Award command allows you to select trips that contain a specified amount of block time per day averaged for the entire trip In other words if you say Award trip average block per day gt 5 00hrs you will capture trips that contain an average block time of 5 00hrs per day or more 4 day 20 00hr trip will be captured by this command an 18 00hr 4 day will not This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that start within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Trip Average Block per Day This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you say Avoid trip average block per day lt 5 00hrs any trip with 5 00hrs or less of average block per day will be avoided from that point forward and not be considered any further within the bid group This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that start within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time v5 02 45 BLOCK PER DUTY AWARD Trip Average Block per Duty This Award command allows you to select trips that contain a specified block per duty period averaged for the entire trip For example if you were to say Award trip average block per duty gt 6 00hrs you would capture trips that
26. Qualifiers AWARD and AVOID commands have qualifiers associated with them Qualifiers determine how a command captures a trip and which date time reference is in use local time during the trip or home base time For example trips can be captured based on when they start or end what days they touch or are contained entirely within etc The qualifier for each command is shown along with the command definitions in section 7 of this manual 3 5 Evaluation of Bidding Statements The commands described above work together in a two step process to first build up to seven weighted trip pools and then to use those trip pools to build a line that complies with a certain set of characteristics AWARD and AVOID statements are evaluated in a top to bottom sequence within a bid group to move trips into the desired pools The order of entry of these commands does not place any level of importance whatsoever on the trips that they define it only specifies how trips are frozen in and moved between pools The only way to indicate a preference for certain trips is to weight those trips appropriately by placing them into the correct pools It is possible and common for the highest weighted trips to be specified by the final AWARD statement in the bid group THE ORDER OF YOUR STATEMENTS DOES NOT INDICATE RELATIVE IMPORTANCE The only way to prefer certain trips over others is to use the weighting scale Once your AWARD and AVOID statements have been evaluat
27. Trip within home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that are contained entirely within the specified day or date range NOTE If you use the default date range the entire bid period or specify any date range that ends at 23 59 on the last day of the bid period the range is automatically extended 7 days into the next bid period This allows the Trip Within qualifier to capture carryout trips Always check your filters to ensure you are capturing the trips that you intended AVOID Work This Avoid command operates differently than the Award command If you were to say Avoid work any trips that touched the day or date range that you specified would be avoided from that point forward and not be considered further within the bid group This command has a Trip touch home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that touch the specified day or date range CAUTION The Award Work and Avoid Work commands have different qualifiers This is the only bid type that has different qualifiers for the Award and Avoid commands It is important to understand the differences between the two commands Award Work Sat Sun captures trips that are contained entirely within the weekend whereas Avoid Work Sat Sun captures trips that merely touch the weekend and could extend into adjoining days v5 02 51 7 2 Line Bid Group SET Commands SET commands do not apply to specific tr
28. UPA The United Pilot Agreement Also known as the contract or the collective bargaining agreement CBA Work Block A work block is a set of continuous days of work that is not interrupted by a calendar day off A work block can consist of one or more trips or reserve days in conjunction with each other For example three 1 day trips assigned back to back is considered a single work block Likewise five reserve days assigned back to back is considered a single work block v5 02 4 3 0 SYSTEM DESCRIPTION PBS is computer optimization software that uses pilot input to build monthly schedules Pilots can use up to 20 completely separate and distinct bid groups that each define a specific set of trips and line characteristics Reserve bid groups can also be used to define reserve line characteristics Each bid group can contain up to 50 ordered bid rows command lines that are used to filter trips into as many as seven different weighted trip pools These weighted trip pools are then used by PBS to build a monthly schedule that maximizes your satisfaction The bid groups themselves as well as the trip pools within each bid group are arranged by the pilot in order of importance If the first bid group cannot be awarded for legality reasons or because more senior pilots already took all of the trips in its pools PBS will move on to the next bid group If the system exhausts all of your bid groups and none of them can be awarded it will award a l
29. been built to meet your requests but doing so would have prevented other bidders from receiving legal line awards with no regard to their requests Each bidder at or above the G line who does not bid for reserve is contractually entitled to a legal line award and no bidder s line award can prevent any other bidder from receiving a legal line The bid requests of less senior bidders however are not considered when determining if they can receive a legal award v5 02 66 Finally at the bottom of your bid group there is a link you can click to display all of the trips that you placed into your weighted trip pools and their dispositions Total of 12 trips in the bid group tnp pool Click here to display all of the trips in your Bid group was awarded bid group and the disposition of those trips Weight How Imp Report Time Release Time lst Leg Layovers Credit Explanation HIGHEST6 E3807 08Jun 12 35 10Jun 1218 HNL HNL 20 20 Unavailable Awarded to Senior Bidder MAH 7 E3821 08Jun 20 25 10Jun06 25 GRU GRU 19 40 Unavailable Awarded to Senior Bidder MAH 6 3807 09Jun 1235 11Jun 12 18 HNL HNL 20 20 Unavailable Awarded to Senior Bidder 7 3821 09Jun 20 25 11Jun06 25 GRU GRU 19 40 Unavailable Awarded to Senior Bidder 6 3805 10Jun 12 35 12Jun 12 18 HNL HNL 20 14 Unavailable Awarded to Senior Bidder 7 E3821 10Jun 20 25 12Jun 06 25 GRU GRU 19 40 Unavailable Awarded to Senior Bidder 6 3805 11Jun12 35 13Jun 12
30. certain that it could produce a legal line award The BAT does not consider seniority or system constraints it only tests for the legality of the bid group More information is in the Bid Analysis Tool section of this manual Bid Groups Jul Clipboard Bid Analysis Tool Overview Jul Compare Jul Overview Prev Month gt Standing Bid Groups Standing Overview Jul gt Bid Groups 1 DRX th gt BR A submiteiacroup _ Move Up Lineis OFF The gear icon submits the bid group to the BAT for analysis Filter Results Dx 10 Queue Slot Remaining 75 Total Slots Remaining Minimum Days Off 12 Credit Range 78 00 90 00 1 v AWARD Trip Length 3 day s 30Jun 0001 28Jul 2359 156 60 1 259 156 2 v AVOID Work 30Jun 0001 29Jul 2359 258 100 259 0 156 The Move Line button is used to indicate your preference to be assigned move up line should become available after the completion of monthly schedule preferencing See UPA 20 D 1 for more details about move up lines Bid Groups May Bid Analysis Tool gt Overview May Compare May Overview Prev Month gt Standing Bid Groups gt Standing Overview gt Bid Groups 1 OB J Filter Results 10 Queue Slot Remaining 75 Total Slots Remaining Bid Details Impact Match Avail Pool Minimum Days Off 12 Credit Range 77 00 87 00 n 1 AWARD Work 01
31. copy the current bid group to another bid group either a regular bid group or a standing bid group This is a useful tool when bidding as you can copy the current group and make modifications without having to recreate an entire bid group T TOP TA MA Clipboard Bid Analysis Tool gt Overview Compare May Overview Prev Month gt Standing Bid Groups gt Standing Overview gt Bid Groups 1 D 3 I Open Bid Group Move Up Line is These buttons copy the current bid group to a new regular or standing bid group Filter Results amp 10 Queue Slot Remaining 7 75 Total Slots Remaining Bid Details Impact Match Avail Pool Minimum Days 12 Credit Range 77 00 87 00 E 1 AWARD Work 01 0001 30May 2359 2465 100 2465 5 02 14 The pencil icon allows for optional naming of bid groups Clicking this icon will open a dialog box that will allow you to enter a name for your bid group Once you ve created a name for a bid group the name will appear next to the numbered bid group on your drop down menu Standing Bid Groups gt Submit Bid Group Move Up Line is The name appears here Use the pencil icon to name your bid groups Standing Overview The next button to the right allows you to submit the bid group you are currently working on If your bid group has already been submitted then this button will re open
32. days off you will receive when you are not available for the entire bid period Then use this table to determine the number of HDOs and RDOs you will receive The start of one period of RDOs will be an FDO dts HDOs RDOs and Possible Patterns 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 3 0 3 2 1 4 0 4 2 2 2 1 1 5 3 2 1 1 6 3 3 2 1 7 4 3 2 1 8 4 2 2 or 3 1 9 5 2 2 or 3 1 10 5 3 2 2 2 1 11 6 3 2 2 2 1 12 6 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 1 13 6 2 2 3 3 4 3 3 1 2 4 1 2 2 2 1 5 02 80 11 0 FILING A DISPUTE The dispute process is used to dispute an award This form should be used if you feel your PBS bid award did not conform to a requirement of the UPA or the FARs due to an error in the PBS program This form should NOT be used for general inquiries about why you were or were not awarded certain trips days on off or other general line characteristics For general inquiries consult a PBS subject matter expert on your local schedule committee or visit www prefbid com Access the dispute form by selecting Disputes from the drop down menu on your PBS screen March Bid Period UNITED ED Bidding Opens 06 Feb 2013 1700 Bidding Closes 30 Mar 2013 2359CT Crew Info Bidding 02 March 2013 31 March 2013 Disputes Sat 02 Sun 03 Mon 04 Wed 06 PBS 28 29 30 31 Tue 05 Thu 07 Fri 08 Sat 09
33. groups A bid group has to be open unsubmitted in order to be modified Clipboard Flight Line DX BG Insert at row End Regular Bid Groups v FA AVOID Work 0001 14012358 v Only unsubmitted bid groups are po Wisible Abid group must be openedl prior to mocifications Y M A B Clipboard S Flight Line Bx Insert at row End m Regular Bid Groups 2 T Reaular Bid Groups v v5 02 idc 6 3 Bid Analysis Tool Tab The Bid Analysis Tool BAT tab is where you will find the results for bid groups submitted to the BAT The BAT is a tool that analyzes your bid groups to check if they are legally able to be awarded in accordance with contractual and FAR requirements The BAT tool only determines if a bid group could produce a legal line It does not in any way suggest the likelihood of you receiving that line Senior bidder choices are not considered in the BAT analysis it assumes you are the 1 pilot in your category Therefore the sample line produced by the BAT does not indicate the line that you will receive It only takes into account your bid and legalities not your seniority or any global system constraints that you might be subject to To access the BAT click on the Bid Analysis Tool tab Remember you can submit bid groups to the BAT by clicking the gear icon from within a bid group Bid Groups Mar Bid Analysis Too
34. minimum reserve days of availability shall be two 2 days either immediately before or immediately after recurrent training 2 For a Global Reserve with two 2 day or three 3 day recurrent training the minimum reserve days of availability shall be three 3 days either immediately before or immediately after recurrent training 3 For a Global Reserve with four 4 day recurrent training the minimum reserve days of availability shall be two 2 days either immediately before or immediately after recurrent training 4 Nothing herein shall prevent a Reserve from being awarded days off immediately before and or immediately after recurrent training 10 4 Reserve Line Days Off General 5 5 When a Reserve is available for a full Bid Period he shall be scheduled for twelve 12 days off in each thirty 30 day Bid Period and thirteen 13 days off in each thirty one 31 day Bid Period 5 E 5 b When a Reserve is available for a partial Bid Period due to absences and activities included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement his schedule shall contain a prorated number of days off and Global HDOs if applicable outside of those absences and activities according to the following tables Tables published later in this chapter Types of Days Off 5 E 6 a RDO Regular Day Off a reserve day off found only in a Global Reserve s schedule that may be disrupted for the assignment of a
35. rule that must be followed that applies to your entire line e g Line Credit Range or Minimum In Base Rest These are selectable with user defined values and must be complied with for that bid group to be successful The bid types associated with the SET command are defined in detail in section 7 of this manual There is a variation on this command called Set Hard that applies even more rigid constraints see section 7 2 of this manual for more information WAIVE The WAIVE command is also used to define the general character or framework of your line It is used to waive certain contractual line construction rules or system defaults thus possibly allowing PBS more flexibility to build your line The bid types associated with the WAIVE command are defined in detail in section 7 of this manual v5 02 6 3 3 Limits You have the ability to place limits on trips that are addressed by a specific AWARD statement just as you have the ability to specify which weighted pool those trips are moved to A limit allows you to select the maximum number of occurrences of a specific trip type that can be placed in your line Each trip affected by that AWARD statement will then have that limit placed on it for the remainder of the bid group regardless of what other commands you may make afterward Every AWARD statement except for Award Work can have a limit placed on it Section 6 1 of this manual shows how to use limits in bidding statements 3 4
36. that contain a specific amount of sit time anywhere within the trip For example if you were to say Award Sit Time 2 00hrs you would capture all trips that contained 2 00 hours of sit time or less This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips of the specified sit time that start within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Sit Time This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Sit Time gt 2 30hrs any trip that contained sit time of 2 30 or more would be avoided from that point forward and not be considered further within the bid group This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips of the specified sit time that start within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time SUPERVISED OPERATION AIRPORT AVOID Supervised Operation Airport This Avoid only command allows you to select trips that contain supervised operation airports for which you are not qualified The drop down menu contains the supervised operation airports that are in your category and also an ALL option For example if you say Avoid Supervised Operation Airport ALL any trips that contain supervised operation airports for which you are not qualified will be avoided from that point forward and not be considered any further wi
37. the bid group so you can work with it further A bid group must be open in order to modify it Be sure to submit your bid group after you are finished working with it Unsubmitted bid groups are not considered when the bid is run TA Clipboard Bid Analysis Tool X Overview gt Compare Mar gt Overview Prev Month gt Standing Bid Groups Standing Overview Bid Groups 1 Weekends 44 A Submit Bid Group Move Up Line is Use this button to submit a bid group If the bid group has already been submitted the button will say Open Bid Group The open area below the top line is the working space where you will enter bidding commands to make individual bid rows of the bid group TE T BA Clipboard Bid Analysis Tool gt Overview gt Compare gt Overview Prev Month gt Standing Bid Groups Standing Overview Bid Groups 1 Y Submit Bid Group Move Up Line is Category This white space is where you create and modify bid rows using the icons below Your created bid rows will appear below Filter Results n B amp 10 Queue Slot Remaining 75 Total Slots Remaining Bid Details Impact Match Avail Pool Minimum Days 12 Credit Range 80 00 91 30 in this area v5 02 15 Row tab will show you the bid rows that you have entered
38. the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Trip Average Credit per Duty This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Trip Average Credit per Duty lt 5 00hrs all trips that contain an average of five hours or less of credit per duty period would be avoided from that point forward and not be considered further within the bid group This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips with the specified amount of credit per duty that starts within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time TRIP LENGTH AWARD Trip Length This Award command allows you to select trips of a specified length For example if you were to say Award Trip Length lt 2 day s you would capture all trips that are two days in length or less This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips with the specified trip length that starts within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Trip Length This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Trip Length gt 4 5 all trips that were four days or longer would be avoided from that point forward and not be considered further within the bid group This command has a Trip start home base quali
39. to note that the calendar section only contains information that was current as of the last system update Updates are performed every evening so a change made during the day may not appear until the next morning Note The company can make changes to preassignments until 44 hours prior to the time bidding closes After that pilot concurrence is required to make changes to preassignments See UPA section 20 B 4 for further details Just below the calendar section is a row with your personal identification information which includes your name your employee number and your category March Bid Period 2 UNITED D Bidding Opens 06 Feb 2013 1700 2 Bidding Closes 30 Mar 2013 2359CT 02 March 2013 31 March 2013 Sat Sun Tue Wed Thu Tue Wed Mon Thu Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fi Sat Sun Thu Fr Sat Sun 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 I T T I 1 I 1 1 Crew Info EVVR756 FirstOfficer Emp Z6666 Equipment 756 Position FO 1 Monthly bid period information 2 Dropdown menu to select pages 3 Calendar for the bid period 4 Your information v5 02 10 On the left side of the screen several blocks contain additional information At the top is your line credit for the month as it appears prior to the bid
40. top to bottom within a bid group One simple example would be to AVOID freeze trips you don t want in a lower weighted pool prior to AWARDing moving trips you might want into a higher weighted pool Then repeat the process by AVOIDing freezing the trips you might want where they are and AWARDing moving the trips you definitely want into an even higher weighted pool Generally speaking you AVOID the undesired trips before AWARDing the desired trips These commands also have qualifiers associated with them Qualifiers determine how a command captures a trip and which date time reference is in use Pay attention to the qualifier descriptions Always check your filters to determine if your AVOID and AWARD statements are in the proper order and if your trips are in the proper pools 9 4 Weighted Pools The only way to indicate a preference for certain trips is to weight those trips appropriately by placing them into the correct pools The three High pools have a different functionality than the three Low pools when PBS is building your line When you put trips into any of the three High pools you are instructing PBS to use as many of those trips as possible to build your line Conversely when you put trips into any of the three Low pools you are instructing PBS to use as few of those trips as is necessary to build your line Trips placed in the Neutral pool have a neutral bias you are allowing PBS to decide whether or not to use them in
41. why you were or were not awarded certain pairings days on off or other general characteristics on your line Before submitting this form we invite you to consult with a PBS Trainer to validate that your question is an issue that cannot be explained from within your bid groups PBS Trainers are available at www prefbid com This form must be submitted no later than 1000 CT on the 23rd of each month after bid awards in order to be considered by the PBS Dispute Resolution Committee Select the OK button to continue to the Dispute Resolution form which is shown below Complete this form with as many details as possible and include email and phone contact information in case the Dispute Resolution Committee needs to contact you When you are finished click the Submit button If you provided an email address you will be sent an auto generated message regarding the response timeline 02 December 2011 31 December 2011 Fri Sat Sun Tue Wed Thu Sat Sun Tue Wed Thu Fn Sat Sun Tue Wed Thu Fi Sat Sun Tue Wed Thu Sat 02 03 04 05 06 18 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Hew Dispute Contact Info New Dispute Form Name GUM737 FirstOfficer Emp 1111 Base GUM Equipment 737 Position Email Addr
42. will be adjusted if you have any Personal Block Cap PBC limitations for the month CAUTION Your line credit range is the sum of all preassigned credit vacation training etc and any flying that is awarded In some categories preassigned credit can have a significant impact on the type and length of trips that can be legally awarded and still remain within the specified credit range CAUTION Bidders in certain seniority ranges in certain categories are occasionally forced into a narrow credit range due to the choices of senior bidders For example if you are historically awarded a Low credit line at your seniority selecting a High credit line will likely cause your bid group to fail This is due to the number of senior bidders who have already selected a high credit range and the trips remaining at your seniority MAX LENGTH OF WORK BLOCK SET Max Length of Work Block This Set command allows you to define the maximum length of a work block awarded in your line For example if you were to say Set Max Length of Work Block to 5 days s each work block in your line would have to be five days or less These five days could be any combination of trips training or other duty preassignments that equal five days of work CAUTION This Set command will alter the number of trips that appear in your trip pools If you were to set a maximum length of work block to three days only trips that were three days or less would be allowed into your
43. you specified referenced to ocal time Local time is the time zone where the event begins CAUTION The Legs per Duty Award and Avoid commands operate differently All duty periods in the trip must satisfy the parameter for the Award command whereas only one duty period in the trip must satisfy the parameter for the Avoid command Be sure to check your filters NUMBER OF DUTIES AWARD Number of Duties This Award command allows you to select trips that contain a specified number of duty periods For example if you were to say Award Number Of Duties 3 you would capture all trips that contain three duty periods CAUTION There are trips that contain fewer duty periods than the number of days the trip operates For example some 4 day trips with a long layover might contain only three duty periods Be sure to check your filters when using this command to be certain that you are capturing the trips that you intended This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips with the specified number of duty periods that starts within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Number of Duties This command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Number of Duties gt 3 all trips that contained three or more duty periods would be avoided from that point forward and not be considered further within the bid group T
44. 00 00 07Jun2013 23 59 31May2013 00 00 07Jun2013 23 59 3 AVOID WORK DATED 15Jun2013 00 00 15Jun2013 23 59 15Jun2013 00 00 15Jun2013 23 59 4 AVOID AIRCRAFT TYPE 752 31May2013 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 5 AVOID AIRCRAFT TYPE 753 31May2013 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 6 AWARD LAYOVER HNL 0 00 999 00 H 31May2013 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 19 matching AWARD LAYOVER GRU 0 00 999 00 H 31May2013 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 19 matching 8 AWARD LAYOVER FCO 0 00 999 00 H 31May2013 00 00 297un2013 23 59 19 matching 9 AWARD LAYOVER MXP 0 00 999 00 H 31May2013 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 19 matching Details Credit Comment O8Jun 16 00 13Jun 13 05 LAD 3505 Assignable Legality conflict with preassignment 09Jun 16 00 14Jun 13 05 MUC IAD 35 05 Unavailable Awarded to Senior Bidder 16Jun 16 00 21Jun 13 05 MUC IAD 35 05 17Jun 16 00 22Jun 13 05 IAD 35 05 Unavailable Awarded to Senior Bidder 18Jun 16 00 23Jun 13 05 MUC MUC IAD MUC 35 05 19Jun 16 00 24Jun 13 05 MUC IAD 35 05 20Jun 16 00 25 13 05 MUC MUC IAD MUC 35 05 21Jun 16 00 26Jun 13 05 MUC IAD MUC 35 05 v5 02 64 Following the bid group analysis you will see the total number of trips that were available to build your line for this bid group This number is the total number of matching trips minus the t
45. 12 v5 02 59 Category Award Reports tab provides you with the awards for all categories for the current and previous bid months May Bid Period U N T E D 2 Bidding Opens 06 Apr 2013 1700CT Bidding Closes 12 Apr 2013 1000 01 May 2013 30 2013 Mon Tue Wed Tue Fri Tue Mon Tue Thu 06 07 08 14 17 21 27 28 29 30 Crew Info Emp amp 5555 Base Equipment 756 Position FO Carry In 17 Apr 2013 07 58 315 Non Flight Activities 13 ord737ca 17 2013 07 58 296 kb Vacation nool 13 7374 CATpdf 17 Apr 2013 07 58 438 kb igi HI May 13 lax 37ca 17 2013 07 58 444 kb Bid period total 0 00 13 78710 CAT pdt 17 Apr 2013 07 58 250 kb 13 787 17 Apr 2013 07 58 199 kb S reports for all categories for 13 iah756fo the current and previous bid months 1056 13 iah756ca CAT pdt Mar OTS OSS 898 kb 13 iah737fo CATpdf 17 2013 07 59 3319 kbl 13 iah737ca 17 Apr 2013 07 59 3403 kb 13 qum 37fo CAT pdf 17 Apr 2013 07 58 361 kb 13 qum 37ca CAT pdt 17 Apr 2013 07 58 302 kb 13 ewr777fo 17 2013 07 58 1034 kb 13 ewr 77ca CAT pd 17 Apr 2013 07 58 419 kb 13 ewr756fo CAT pdf 17 2013 07
46. 2013 23 59 3 AVOID WORK DATED 15Jun2013 00 00 15Jun2013 23 59 15Jun2013 00 00 15Jun2013 23 59 4 AVOID AIRCRAFT TYPE 752 31May2013 00 00 297412013 23 59 5 AVOID AIRCRAFT TYPE 753 31 2013 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 6 AWARD LAYOVER HNL 0 00 999 00 H 31May2013 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 19 matching AWARD LAYOVER GRU 0 00 999 00 H 31May2013 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 19 matching 8 AWARD LAYOVER FCO 0 00 999 00 H 31May2013 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 19 matching 9 AWARD LAYOVER MXP 0 00 999 00 H 31May2013 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 19 matching 10 AWARD LAYOVER MUC 0 00 999 00 H 31May2013 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 16 matching 11 AWARD LAYOVER BRU 0 00 999 00 H 31May2013 00 00 297412013 23 59 19 matching Total of 12 trips in the bid group trip pool Hide Show Trip Pool Bid group was awarded This means that this bid group was used to construct your line using the trips in your pools and complying with any set or waive statements that were contained within the bid group Legal award that complies with bid group requirements not possible with remaining trips This means that no contractual and or FAR legal line could be constructed using the trips in your pools and meeting all the requirements of any set or waive statements even if you were the most senior bidder in the base Requested award prevents solution completion This means that a legal line could have
47. Aircraft Type 739 In the first example you would capture any trips that contained any amount of premium aircraft flying In the second example you would capture any trips that contained any 737 900 flying NOTE A Premium aircraft is the highest paying aircraft type in the category CAUTION This command will capture trips that contain ANY AMOUNT of the flying in the aircraft type that you specify A 20 minute leg in the 737 900 will cause the trip to be captured by either of the above statements If you are trying to maximize flying in premium aircraft this command may not be the best command to use Instead see award type Premium Aircraft Ratio This command has a Trip touch home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that touch the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Aircraft Type This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you say AVOID Aircraft Type 73G any trip that contains any amount of 73G time will be avoided from that point forward and not be considered any further within the bid group This command has a Trip touch home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that touch the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time v5 02 33 AIRPORT AWARD Airport This Award command allows you to select from the specific airports that the aircraft in your c
48. Award command allows you to select trips that originate at your home base within a specified time range For example if you were to say Award Trip Report Time gt 08 00hrs you would capture all trips that originated at or after 8 00 am This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips with the specified report time that start within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Trip Report Time This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Trip Report Time lt 06 00hrs all trips that originated at or before 6 00 would be avoided from that point forward and not be considered further within the bid group This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips with the specified report time that start within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time TRIP RELEASE TIME AWARD Trip Release Time This Award command allows you to select trips that terminate at your home base within a specified time range For example if you were to say Award Trip Release Time lt 19 00hrs you would capture all trips that terminated at your home base before 7 00 pm This command has a Trip end home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips with the specified release time that end within
49. CK RELEASE TIME SET Work Block Release Time This Set command allows you to define the time that each of your work blocks must end You can select at or after times at or before times or a specific time range For example if you were to say Set Work Block Release Time lt 1600hrs each work block in your line would have to end before 4 00 pm NOTE A work block is NOT a trip Be sure that you understand the definition of Work Block prior to using these commands CAUTION The example above could result in a work block that ends at 00 30 which may not be the desired effect A better technique is to specify a time range For example Set Work Block Release Time 0600 1600 v5 02 54 7 3 Line Bid Group WAIVE Commands 1 IN 7 DAY OFF IN BASE WAIVE 1 in 7 Day Off in Base This Waive command tells PBS to disregard the UPA provision that requires one day off at your base in each seven day period This could be useful if you wish to construct work blocks of greater than six days Other FAR and contractual rest provisions will still apply See Chapter 10 of this manual for more details on duty and rest rules DOUBLE DUTY WAIVE Double Duty By default PBS will not allow two trips to be assigned on the same day with a legal rest break at home base between them This Waive command tells PBS to disregard this restriction allowing for the possibility of being assigned two trips on the same day An example would be concluding o
50. Global Trip 5 E 6 b HDO Holy Day Off a reserve day off that may not be disrupted for the assignment of a trip 5 E 6 c FDO Flexible Day Off a reserve day off that for a Basic or Global Reserve may be disrupted for the assignment of a Basic Trip and for a Global Reserve may be disrupted for the assignment of a Global Trip Without the concurrence of the Pilot and the Company an FDO may only be placed on the first day of a period of days off and may not be placed after a period of six 6 days of reserve availability or ona golden day off as defined in Section 5 E 9 v5 02 76 Basic Reserve 5 E 7 b For Basic Reserves available for the full Bid Period schedules shall be constructed with a maximum of 5 E 7 c four 4 periods of days off consisting of not less than two 2 days each The first day of one 1 of the day off periods shall be an FDO and the remaining days off shall be HDOs For Basic Reserves available for a partial Bid Period schedules shall be constructed with a maximum of four 4 periods of days off consisting of not less than two 2 days each Such a Reserve may be assigned a single day off in order to provide one 1 day off in a seven 7 day period if the reserve line cannot be constructed with the minimum two 2 days off requirement or as a result of prorated days The first day of one 1 of the day off periods shall be an FDO and the remaining days off if any shall be HDOs See tables published later in
51. HDOs RDOs and FDOs in their current location This is the same thing as saying Avoid RSV This command is only available as a Dated bid v5 02 57 7 5 Reserve Bid Group SET and WAIVE Commands Just as with flying line bid groups SET and WAIVE commands in reserve bid groups define the general framework and characteristics of your line as a whole If any of your SET commands cannot be complied with the bid group will fail The UPA specifies reserve schedule construction parameters in great detail Only certain combinations of days on and days off are allowed These parameters vary by category and change when you have preassignments Be sure you understand the reserve line construction parameters prior to bidding for reserve Asummary of those parameters is found in Chapter 10 of this manual CAUTION If you bid for something that is outside of the UPA parameters the bid group will likely fail Use the BAT to check the legality of your bid groups SET Max Length of Work Block This Set command allows you to define the maximum length of a work block awarded in your line Per UPA 5 E 7 a the minimum consecutive days of reserve availability shall be determined by the company Do not set your maximum length to less than the allowable minimum or your bid group will fail SET Max Number of Work Blocks This Set command allows you to define the maximum number of work blocks awarded in your line See UPA 5 E 7 for details of reserve line const
52. RK cett tee ott eee t e tte GE tee et tbe etn e t S p e ttv 51 7 2 tine Bid Group SET Commands 5 tete ee era dead 52 GLOBAL IN BASE REST SOET it ben at Ete cte tele ee 52 GLOBAL TN BASE REST HARD ec exa e rede terra 52 EINE CREDIT RANGE entere tert oen qe e A dee NAI UE MEN LL on ee 52 MAX LENGTH OF WORK BLOCK 52 MAX NUMBER OF WORK BLOCKS 53 MIN DAYS BETWEEN WORK 5 202 53 MIN IN BASEARES T3 tote td Ve ees 53 MIN TIN BASE REST HARD 53 5 tae 54 WORK BEOCK RELEASE TIME eee t tore E RERO Fee Pe ot ET ME SERA 54 7 3 Line Bid Group WAIVE 55 DAY OFF IN BASE vs cre rediere eee ed er en tiis 55 DOU BEES DUTY as erem tate o dace eite qvae 55 MIN DAYS BETWEEN WORK 5 2 55 D TY IN CGONSECUTIVE WOCLS Pr reed e e EP ede dave reme ees 55 7 4 Reserve Bid Group AWARD and MUST AWARD Commands 56 AWARD RSV 57 AWARD 9 sL 5555 e edet 57 57 9
53. TEM DESCRIPTION M 5 3 1 The Trip Pool Conce pt sinnn 5 3 2 Bidding Commands ena eR 6 AWARD X 6 nelm 6 SET 6 6 ER MEM 7 3 4 Qualif IIIS I TRI EIAS 7 3 5 Evaluation of Bidding Statements sss 7 326 Completion ee E 8 LINEFIOLDER c 8 RESERVE 8 uo taa 9 gere cC LL 9 VCO ee ees 9 rea vaeintci 10 6 0 BIDDING PAGE 13 6 1 Bid Groups 13 6 2 Clipboard 22 6 3 Analysis Tool Ta Disa 25 6 4 Overview TaD 27 soeur ee eee 30 6 6 Overview Prev 31 6 7 Standing Bid Gr
54. Type Premium would It uses a formula to account for premium flying contained within a trip by making it 10 more valuable This is useful when you are trying to construct a bid group that meets certain credit requirements by assigning a higher relative value to trips that contain premium aircraft flying If your goal is to achieve 5 30 of credit per day the relative value of a premium aircraft trip worth 5 00 hours of published credit is the same as a trip with all non premium aircraft flying published at 5 30 This allows for a greater variety and number of trips to be added to your pool that would all meet your requirements but that cannot be easily captured by other commands This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips of the specified Premium Credit Value per day that start within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Trip Adj Credit Value per Day This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Trip Adj Credit Value per Day lt 5 30hrs trips that contained an average of less than 5 30hrs of Adjusted Credit Value per day would be avoided from that point forward and not considered further within the bid group This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips of the specified Premium Credit Value per day that start within the time a
55. age Min time off between any line assignment UPA 9 F 10 18 hours and any training assignment v5 02 74 Lineholder Proration Table 5 4 30 Days Use this table to determine the total number of days off you will receive when you are not available for the entire bid period Thirty 30 Day Months Days Days Days Days Days Days Available Available Off Available a a s 2 s 2 o 24 10 25 10 26 10 27 11 9 2 8 2 Lineholder Proration Table 5 4 31 Days Use this table to determine the total number of days off you will receive when you are not available for the entire bid period Thirty One 31 Day Months Days Days Days Days Days Days Available Off Available Off Available Off 11 12 B 21 22 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 0 4 v5 02 75 10 3 Reserve Line Days General 5 E 7 a The minimum consecutive days of reserve availability shall be determined by the Company These minimum consecutive days of reserve availability shall not be applied across Bid Periods Recurrent Training 5 E 7 g If a Reserve with recurrent training included in Monthly Schedule Preferencing is awarded reserve days of availability that are adjacent to that recurrent training then 1 For a Basic Reserve the
56. and flight line bid groups that can be selected by using the drop down menu Bid Groups Kern Bid Group Clipboard Fight ne Bid Analysis Tool gt Overview Oct Compare gt Overview Prev Month Standing Bid Groups Standing Overview Oct gt x a D Insert at row End X Regular Bid Groups v Flight Line Unsubmitted Flight Line Bid Groups Reserve ber of Duties lt 1 010ct 0001 310ct 2359 I 1 AVOID Work 140 0001 140ct 2359 2 iris Choose the flight line or reserve clipboard with his dropdown menu v5 02 23 When choosing destination bid groups you can choose where you place your selected bid rows a global level for every selected bid group or on a per bid group level which may be useful if you need to add the same information to each bid group but not necessarily in the same location Choose the Per BG option to choose the target row in each bid group Clipboard Flight Line Q X I Insert at row End v Regular Bid Groups v Per BG v v V AVOID Work 140 0001 140ct 2359 v 2 v to place the selected bid rows at different locations in each arget bid group he same location in each target bid group select which bid row here you would like the new Note that the only bid groups that will appear in the right side window are unsubmitted bid
57. at contain an average of at least six hours of credit per day This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips with the specified amount of credit per day that starts within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Trip Average Credit per Day This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Trip Average Credit per Day lt 4 00hrs all trips that contain an average of 4 00 hours or less per day would be avoided from that point forward and not be considered further within the bid group This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips with the specified amount of credit per day that starts within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time v5 02 46 AVERAGE CREDIT PER DUTY AWARD Trip Average Credit per Duty This Award command allows you to select trips that contain a specified amount of credit per duty period averaged for the entire trip For example if you were to say Award Trip Average Credit per Duty gt 5 00hrs you would capture all trips that contain an average of at least 5 00 hours of credit per duty period This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips with the specified amount of credit per duty that starts within
58. at least one DEN layover that is equal to or longer than 14 00 hours NOTE Layover length is the time from release to report not block to block This command has an Event local qualifier This means that this command will capture any trips with a specified layover station and length event contained within the date range that you specified referenced to local time Local time is the time zone where the event begins CAUTION If you are an international bidder who wants to use this command to capture specific layovers on specific dates be aware that if the trip that you desire crosses the International Date Line the date of the layover may not be on the date that you depart For example if you desire a trip that departs the United States and lays over in NRT the layover date is 1 day later than the date the trip begins Awarding NRT layovers on Tuesdays will capture trips that depart on Mondays It is imperative that you check your filters when using this command to be certain that your Award statement captured the trips you desire AVOID Layover Station with Length This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Layover Station DEN Length lt 14 00 any trip that has at least one layover in DEN of less than 14 00 will be avoided from that point forward and not be considered any further within the bid group This command has an Event local qualifier This means that this command will captu
59. ategory serves during the bid period If you say Award Airport ORD this command will capture any trip that operates into or out of ORD at least once This will include trips that layover as well as trips that operate in and out on the same day Note The airports in the dropdown list are populated by the trips in your category for that particular bid period and will thus change on a month to month basis This command has a Trip touch home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that touch the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Airport This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you say Avoid Airport ORD any trip that contains a leg that operates into or out or ORD will be avoided from that point forward and not be considered any further within the bid group This command has a Trip touch home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that touch the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AUGMENTED CREW POSITION AWARD Augmented Crew Position This Award command allows you to select trips that contain augmented crew flying that operate over bidder specified dates These are trips that are flying as the augmented crewmember not right seat F O trips For example if you were to say Award Augmented Crew Position you would capture trips that contain at least one leg o
60. ays 12 Credit Range 80 00 91 30 v5 02 17 When using AWARD commands you should specify which weighted trip pool the trips addressed by that command should be moved to Bid Groups May Bid Groups Clipboard Bid Analysis Tool Overview May Compare May Overview Prev Month DRX 4 AR submit Bia Group AWARD v TRIP LENGTH y to Dated 01 13 30May13 Trip start homebase No Limit Weight HIGHEST m m 7 10 Queue Slot Remaining 75 Total Slots Remaining Minimum Days 12 Credit Range 77 00 87 00 You also have the option of limiting the trips addressed by the AWARD command Use caution when limiting trips Limits can have an adverse effect on your bid groups if not used properly Bid Groups May Bid Groups Clipboard Bid Analysis Tool Overview May Compare May Overview Prev Month 3 DRX AR A submit Bia Group AWARD v TRIP LENGTH to 3 X Dated 01 13 30 13 Trip start homebase NEUTRAL l NoLimit No Limit 1 2 Bid Rows mum Days 12 Credit Range 77 00 87 00 e 10 Queue Slot Remaining 75 Total Slots Remaining Bid Details LD 0 A C2 v5 02 18 The red icon to the right is used to delete selected bid rows You may select a single row multiple rows to delete simultaneously Bid Groups Jul C
61. contain an average of 6 00hrs per duty period CAUTION This command averages based on the number of duty periods contained within the trip not the number of days On trips that contain long layovers for example 32 hours the number of duty periods within the trip may be less than the number of days This command would capture a 4 day 18 00 trip that had a long layover somewhere and as a result only contained three duty periods This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that start within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Trip Average Block per Duty This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid trip average block per duty lt 6 00hrs any trip with 6 00hrs or less of average block per duty will be avoided from that point forward and not be considered any further in the bid group This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that start within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time TRIP AVERAGE CREDIT PER DAY AWARD Trip Average Credit per Day This Award command allows you to select trips that contain a specified amount of credit per day averaged for the entire trip For example if you were to say Award Trip Average Credit per Day gt 6 00hrs you would capture all trips th
62. contain different types of reports v5 02 12 6 0 BIDDING PAGE The Bidding page is where the majority of the bid creation process occurs The Bidding page can be selected at any time from the drop down menu located at the upper right portion of any PBS screen May Bid Period U N D D Bidding Opens 06 Apr 2013 1700 Bidding Closes 12 Apr 2013 1000CT 01 May 2013 30 May 2013 Disputes wed mu Fi sa sun Tue wea mu Fi sm sun Tue wea mu Fr sa sun won Tue wea mu rn sa sun m PBS m o 05 o o 10 n i 14 faz is 20 21 22 z 25 26 The header and the calendar is the same from the Crew Info page The core functions of the Bidding page center around the tabs which select different functions boxed in red below Each tab is explained in this section RGR Clipboard gt Bid Analysis Tool Compare May Overview Prev Month Standing Bid Groups gt Standing Overview May 2 OB l Be Open Bid Group Move Up Line is Off Filter Results S queue Slot Remaining 75 Total Slots Remaining Bid Details Impact Match Avail Pool a Minimum Days 12 Credit Range 77 00 87 00 1 AWARD Work 01 0001 30May 2359 2465 100 2405 g 2455 6 1 Bid Groups Tab The
63. d Report v2 html 18 Mar 2013 13 55 138 Apr 13 5555 Bid Award Report pdf 18 Mar 2013 13 53 4 kb 2013051 3 020752 Y5555 13 May 2013 02 07 2 kb Consecutive 365 Total 20130512 020548 5555 12 2013 02 05 2 kbl Personal Block Cap 20130511 020632 Y 5555 pdf 11 May 2013 02 06 2kh 20130510 020848 Y 5555 pdf 10 May 2013 02 08 2 kb 20130509 020434 5555 09 2013 02 04 2 kb 20130508 020352 Y 5555 pdf 08 May 2013 02 03 2kb 20130507 020315 5555 pdf 07 May 2013 02 03 2 kb 20130413 021127 Y 5555 pdf 13 Apr 2013 02 10 2kb These are your bid group reports in PDF format Minimum days off 12 v5 02 29 6 5 Click the Compare tab to access the compare tool March Bid Period Bidding Opens Bidding Closes 30 Mar 20 UNITED 3 06 Feb 2013 1700CT 13 2359CT Bidding 02 March 2013 31 March 2013 Sat Sun Tue Wed Thu 02 03 04 08 06 07 08 Sat 09 Mon 11 Wed 13 Thu 14 Fri 15 Tue 12 Sun 10 Sat 16 Mon 18 Sun 17 Wed 20 Thu 21 Tue 19 Fri 22 Sat 23 25 Sun 24 Wed 2 Thu 28 Fn 29 Sat 30 Sun 31 Tue 26 Bid Groups Mar Bid Groups Bid Analysis Tool Overview Prev Month Standing Bid Groups 1 Weekends DB t
64. d command allows you to select trips that with a specific captain over bidder specified dates For example if you were to say Award Flying With 12345 you would capture trips that flew with the captain that you specified CAUTION This command is only available to first officers and will only allow you to pick captains to fly with You cannot select other first officers to fly with in the event that you fly trips with an augmented crew This command has a Trip touch home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that touch the date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Flying With This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Flying With Emp 12345 any trip that contained flying with that captain would be avoided from that point forward and would not be considered further within your bid group CAUTION This command is only available to first officers and will only allow you to pick captains to avoid You cannot select other first officers to avoid in the event that you fly trips with an augmented crew This command has a Trip touch home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that touch the date range that you specified referenced to your home base time v5 02 39 AWARD F O Trip This Award command allows you to select trips that are first officer trips over bidder s
65. d having a copy of your bids to review when a computer is not available You may also create your own bid group report at any time from within the Overview tab The bid group report links are presented in the following format 20100812 020451 EMP pdf This format is a date and time stamp followed by your employee number In this example the snapshot was taken on Aug 12 2010 at 02 04 51 am Clicking on this link will open the file which is then available for printing 8 5 System Documents Other documents that contain important information for all bidders are available and will be at the top of the reports menu New documents are added as needed and older documents may be removed after a period of time v5 02 67 9 0 PRACTICAL BIDDING This section contains important information that will help you bid successfully using PBS It includes tips common errors unintended consequences and some examples to help you understand bidding statement logic 9 1 Relative Seniority A good bid is not universal It depends on the total number and types of trips in your category and your relative seniority within the category Flying levels and available manpower can and do change regularly A bid that worked for you last month may not work next month if there have been significant changes to flying levels manpower or trip construction characteristics Your relative category and G line seniority is displayed on the Crew Info page and your bid group
66. d of Trip you would capture all trips that contain a deadhead segment as the last leg of the trip This command has a Trip end home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that end within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Deadhead at End of Trip This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Deadhead at End of Trip any trip that contained a deadhead segment as the last leg of the trip would be avoided from that point forward and not be considered any further in your bid group This command has a Trip end home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that end within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time DEADHEAD ANYWHERE IN TRIP AWARD Deadhead Anywhere in Trip This Award command allows you to select trips that contain a deadhead anywhere within the trip For example if you say Award Deadhead Anywhere in Trip you would capture all trips that contain a deadhead segment anywhere within the trip This command has an Event local qualifier This means that this command will capture any trips with a dead head event contained within the time and date range that you specified referenced to local time Local time is the time zone where the event in this case deadhead begins AVOID Deadhead Anywhere in Trip This Avoid command op
67. d statements PBS will capture the trips that meet the single criteria defined by the award statement With a combination bid award statement PBS will capture the trips that meet the combined criteria of the combination bid award statement This can simplify bidding by selecting trips that meet multiple criteria with a single statement rather than with several award and avoid statements in combination with each other The CMB bids combines commands that are described in this section of the manual Refer to the definition of each command for more information There are three different CMB bids currently available as follows 1 Award CMB Len Rep Rel Prem This combination bid allows you to specify trips of a desired length a desired report time a desired release time and a specified amount of premium aircraft ratio 2 Award CMB Len Rep Rel CPD This combination bid allows you to specify trips of a desired length a desired report time a desired release time and a specified amount of credit per day 3 Award CMB Len Rep Rel Prem Layover This combination bid allows you to specify trips of a desired length a desired report time a desired release time a specified amount of premium aircraft ratio and a specified layover station and length For each of these commands it is important to understand that the statements will capture ONLY those trips that meet ALL of the criteria of the combination bid The commands all carry a Tr
68. d to select the days on which you prefer to place your HDOs It works by freezing all objects except HDOs in their current location This is the same thing as saying Avoid RSV FDO RDO Basic Reserves with no preassigned absences shall be awarded a maximum of four 4 periods of days off consisting of not less than two 2 days each The first day of one 1 of the day off periods shall be an FDO and the remaining days off shall be HDOs Global Reserves with no preassigned absences shall be awarded one period of six 6 consecutive HDOs This command is only available as a Dated bid MUST AWARD HDO OR FDO This Must Award command is used to select the days on which you prefer to place your HDOs or FDO with no priority applied to either It works by freezing all objects except HDOs and FDOs in their current location This is the same thing as saying Avoid RSV RDO This command is only available as a Dated bid MUST AWARD HDO OR RDO This Must Award command is used to select the days on which you prefer to place your HDOs or RDOs with no priority applied to either It works by freezing all objects except HDOs and RDOs in their current location This is the same thing as saying Avoid RSV FDO This command is only available as a Dated bid MUST AWARD OFF This Must Award command is used to select the days on which you prefer to place your HDOs RDOs or FDO with no priority applied to any It works by freezing all objects except
69. e is the time zone where the event begins DOWNLINE RELEASE TIME AWARD Downline Release Time This Award command allows you to select trips with a specified downline release time expressed in various ways You can select a time range or before or after a specified time For example if you were to say Award Downline Release Time gt 19 00hrs you would capture all trips that contained at least one downline release time at or after 7 00 pm NOTE A downline airport is any airport other than the one where the trip originates or terminates This command has an Event local qualifier This means that this command will capture any trips with at least one downline release time 1900hrs event contained within the date range that you specified referenced to local time Local time is the time zone where the event ends AVOID Downline Release Time This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Downline Release Time gt 22 00hrs any trip that had at least one downline release time after 10 pm would be avoided from that point forward and not be considered any further within your bid group This command has an Event local qualifier This means that this command will capture any trips with at least one downline report time gt 2200hrs event contained within the date range that you specified referenced to local time Local time is the time zone where the event ends v5 02 37 DUTY
70. e time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time v5 02 43 ADJ CREDIT VALUE PER DAY AWARD Trip Adj Credit Value per Day This Award command allows you to select trips based on their relative value taking into account the increased value of flying in Premium aircraft The Adjusted Credit Value of a trip is the credit value of a trip 10 of the time in Premium Aircraft For example if you were to say Award Trip Adj Credit Value per Day gt 5 30hrs you would capture all trips that contained an average of 5 30 or more per day of Adjusted Credit Value This would include a 5 00 hour trip flown entirely in premium aircraft and it would also include a 5 30 hour trip flown entirely in non premium aircraft A trip with a credit value of 5 00 hours that contains no premium flying has an Adjusted Credit Value of 5 00 hours No adjustment is made since there is hidden value However trip with a credit value of 5 00 hours that is flown entirely in premium aircraft is worth 5 30 hours of Adjusted Credit Value 10 of 5 00 hours is 30 minutes Since the trip is flown entirely in premium aircraft the relative value of that trip is greater than the relative value of a 5 00 hour trip with no premium aircraft flying NOTE The value you choose in this command is an average per day It is not a hard daily limit CAUTION This command does not capture only premium flying like saying Award Aircraft
71. e zone where the event begins CAUTION Clarification should be made as to what time zone where the event begins means for both the award and avoid command In this case time is referenced to the time zone where the duty period begins If departing the west coast at 21 00 and you have avoided duty time from 04 00 to 05 00 you will NOT capture all night flights to the east coast This is because the local time where the event began is west coast time and you will land BEFORE the valid time referenced to the west coast See Duty Time Within Trip HBT for a better way to avoid all night flying DUTY TIME WITHIN TRIP HBT These commands both the Award and Avoid are identical to the DUTY TIME WITHIN TRIP commands except for the qualifier The HBT on this command means the time and date ranges that you can specify are referenced to Home Base Time For example if you were to say Avoid Duty Time Within Trip 03 00 to 04 30 any trip that contained any duty time during 0300 0430 home base time would be avoided from that point forward and not be considered any further within your bid group This command has an Event home base qualifier This means that this command will capture any trips with any duty time between 03 00 and 04 30 event contained within the date range that you specified referenced to home base time Home base time is the time zone of the pilot base where the trip begins NOTE This is the best command to use if yo
72. eassignment A preassigned activity is any assignment that appears in your line prior to the bid closing Examples are training carry in trips leaves of absence etc Premium Aircraft Type The highest paying aircraft type in a specific category Qualifier Used in conjunction with Award Avoid commands to specify how a command captures a trip and which date time reference is in use Reasons Report A report generated by PBS after the bid run that summarizes your bid groups Your reasons report contains information regarding available trips assignable trips and reasons why any submitted bid groups failed Reserve Bid Group A bid group with commands that apply to a reserve line Reserve Line A monthly schedule that contains reserve days v5 02 3 Sit Any time that is not spent flying deadheading within duty period is considered sit time Scheduled rest is not considered sit time Standing Bid The bid groups that PBS uses if you do not enter any bids for a specific monthly bid period Supply Pool All of the trips that are available for bidding in a category for a particular bid period Trip A flight assignment that may span one or more days and or duty periods A trip always begins and ends at a pilot base PBS uses individual trips to construct your line Trip Pool A group of trips that you create from the supply pool using bidding commands PBS uses one or more trip pools that you created to build your line
73. ed and your weighted trip pools have been populated with your desired trips PBS uses your SET and WAIVE statements to define a framework for your line and then uses the trips contained within your weighted trip pools to try to build a line that meets your requests PBS will attempt to build a line that uses as many of your highest weighted trips as possible then your higher weighted trips and then your high weighted trips It will only use your low lower and lowest weighted trips to the minimum extent necessary to build your line Neutral trips will be used after all of the high weighted trips but before the low weighted trips v5 02 7 3 6 Completion If all of your bid groups fail PBS will enter Completion Mode in order to build you a legal schedule There multiple levels of Completion Mode Each level progressively relaxes restrictions based on your final submitted bid group until a legal schedule can be built The purpose is to preserve as much of your final bid group as possible without relaxing restrictions unnecessarily NOTE The changes made to your final submitted bid group by each level of Completion Mode are cumulative For example if 100 trips are added to your pool in Completion Mode 1 but a legal schedule still cannot be built those 100 trips remain in your pool as PBS transitions to Completion Mode 2 LINEHOLDER Completion Mode 1 Adds the statement AWARD WORK L to the bottom of your final bid group
74. ed work blocks operating at or near the end of the prior bid period when using this command MIN IN BASE REST SET Min In Base Rest This Set command allows you to define the minimum number of hours of rest that you must receive any time that you end a trip For example if you were to say Set min in base rest 15 00 then you could not be assigned trips that did not allow for at least 15 00 hours of rest between one trip release time and the subsequent trip report time MIN IN BASE REST HARD SET Min In Base Rest Hard This Set command allows you to define a minimum in base rest time of 12 46 14 00 hours between trips This command is a hard constraint it must be complied with by PBS even throughout Completion Mode unless it makes the entire solution mathematically impossible This should not be confused with the Min In Base Rest Set command that can be removed by PBS if necessary to satisfy Completion Mode award v5 02 53 WORK BLOCK REPORT TIME SET Work Block Report Time This Set command allows you to define the time that each work block in your line must start You can select at or after times at or before times or a specific time range For example if you were to say Set Work Block Report Time gt 1600hrs each work block in your line would have to start after 4pm NOTE A work block is NOT a trip Be sure that you understand the definition of Work Block prior to using these commands WORK BLO
75. egal schedule in accordance with the provisions of Completion Mode as described later in this manual 3 1 The Trip Pool Concept Each bid group begins as a blank page with all of the trips in the supply pool Pilots use specific commands to move trips from the supply pool into seven weighted trip pools that reflect the relative importance of those trips It is not required that all trip pools be used or that all trips be moved out of the supply pool The number of trips moved and the number of trip pools used depends on the pilot s relative seniority and bidding strategy The seven weighted trip pools are defined as follows Lowest L Lower L Low L Neutral N High H Higher H Highest H When building your line PBS will attempt to use trips from the highest weighted pool that you have populated prior to using trips from any lower weighted pools For example if you put some trips in your Low L pool and others in your Lower L pool PBS will attempt to use trips from your Low L pool prior to using trips from your Lower L pool The three High pools have a different functionality than the three Low pools when PBS is building your line When you put trips into any of the three High pools you are instructing PBS to use as many of those trips as possible to build your line Conversely when you put trips into any of the three Low pools you are instructing PBS to use as few of those trips as is necessary to build yo
76. en this manual and the UPA and or the FARs the UPA and or the FARs are the controlling documents and take precedence For help with specific bidding techniques please visit the PBS forum at www prefbid com or consult a PBS subject matter expert on your local schedule committee 1 1 Web browser based software The PBS interface is web browser based All modern browsers are supported Following are several suggestions for a better user experience While it is possible to use the bidding software on a dial up connection the system is designed to use a broadband connection for best performance Either turn all pop up blockers off or allow pop ups for the bidding web page This will allow you to see all Caution Warning Informational dialogues The disk caching page history features of your browser should always check for new versions of a webpage to ensure the page displayed is not an earlier version saved by the browser In simple terms to speed up the internet experience many browsers save some web pages in a cache If you then revisit that page later the browser does not have to reload the elements of the page again and the page appears to display much faster It should be very apparent that this is not a good thing in a dynamic environment such as PBS bidding software If you notice the information being displayed seems outdated refresh reload the page If this fixes the problem the most probable culprit is a disk caching page history featu
77. erates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Deadhead Anywhere in Trip any trip that contained a deadhead segment anywhere in the trip would be avoided form that point forward and not be considered any further in your bid group This command has an Event local qualifier This means that this command will capture any trips with a dead head event contained within the time and date range that you specified referenced to local time Local time is the time zone where the event in this case deadhead begins DEADHEAD RATIO AWARD Deadhead Ratio This command allows you to select trips that contain a specified amount of deadhead expressed as a ratio to the total credit value of the trip For example if you were to say Award Deadhead Ratio gt 50 you would capture all trips that contain more deadhead than non deadhead time This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that start within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Deadhead Ratio This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Deadhead Ratio 5096 any trip that contained less than 5096 deadhead in the trip would be avoided from that point forward and not be considered any further in your bid group This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any t
78. es are expressed in raw numbers as well as percentages The most important value for bidding purposes is your seniority relative to the G line Your minimum number of days off prorated if necessary due to preassigned absences in accordance with UPA section 5 E is displayed at the bottom Line Credit Carry In Non Flight Activities Vacation Bid period total Consecutive 365 Total Personal Block Cap Total in GLine GLine Seniority Minimum days off v5 02 11 The Reports section of your crew info screen contains information in three separate tabs Please see the Reports section later in this manual for a complete listing of the available reports My Reports Y CAT Award Reports X System Documents Y eason Report 17 Apr 2013 08 24 May 13 5555 Bid Award Report v2 html 17 Apr 2013 08 00 May 13 5555 Bid Award Report pdf 17 Apr 2013 07 58 Apr 13 5555 Reason 17 Mar 2013 08 47 Apr 13 5555 Bid Award Report v2 html 18 Mar 2013 13 55 Apr 13 5555 Bid Award Report 18 Mar 2013 13 53 20130513 020752 Y 5555 pdf 13 May 2013 02 07 20130512 020548 Y 5555 pdf 12 May 2013 02 05 20130511 020532 Y 5555 pdf 11 May 2013 02 06 20130510 020848 5555 10 2013 02 08 20130509 020434 5555 09 2013 02 04 20130508 020352 Y 5555 pdf 08 May 2013 02 03 20130507 020315 5555 pdf 07 May 2013 02 03 20130413 021127 Y 5555 pdf 13 Apr 2013 02 10 Three tabs that
79. esent what you will be awarded They were generated based upon only the set of bids you submitted in the requests and do not take Clipboard Bid Analysis Tool Compare Oct gt Standing Bid Groups Standing Overview Oct gt into account global contraints or other crewmember bids Comments 37527 Bid group 1 our bid group will be asigned a number or processing You may also name your group if you wish Submitted Completed 238ep10 18 57 35 Queued 235 10 18 56 26 Queued he BAT records the time and date of each bid group submission You can refresh the status of your submissions clicking this icon Prior to completion the status of your submitted bid groups will indicate Queued ou can delete completed or in process bid groups from the with the red X Once completed you will see a green check mark next to groups that were successful or a red symbol next to groups that were not A successful group is one where a legal line award was possible and an unsuccessful group is one where a legal line award was not possible It is always recommended to open and review each BAT report for further details Click on the bid group name to see the report Bid Groups Clipboard ERIE VES CS Overview Oct Compare Oct Overview Prev Month Standing Bid Groups gt Standing Overview Oct Bid Analysis Tool The following roster
80. ess Phone Number optional Submit Dispute Dispute Information Please enter brief description of the error that you believe occurred in your PBS award Of what section of the contract do you think your line is in violation if any How would you like it resolved v5 02 82 Once you have filed a dispute you may return to the Disputes tab to review your dispute 02 December 2011 31 December 2011 Sat Mon Tue lied Tue Ts Sat Sun Tue Sun Tue 05 06 13 18 20 25 Click here to view disp etails Your dispute details will appear if you click on the Dispute Details arrow 02 December 2011 31December 2011 _ _ __ m m o or oe te ow wo we p vs Pede e fo n d a or putes v5 02 83
81. f augmented crew flying This command has a Trip touch home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that touch the date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Augmented Crew Position This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Augmented Crew Position any trip that has any augmented crew flying in it will be avoided from that point forward and will not be considered any further within the bid group This command has a Trip touch home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that touch the date range that you specified referenced to your home base time CARRYOUT AVOID Carryout This Avoid only command allows you to select trips that operate at the end of the bid period you are bidding for and carry into the subsequent bid period By specifying a date and time range trips that touch that range will be avoided from that point forward and not be considered any further in the bid group This command has a Trip touch home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that touch the specified day or date range v5 02 34 CMB COMBINATION BIDS Combination bids are Award Only bids that are different from every other type of award bid that PBS uses The combination bid allows you to combine several predefined types of award statements into a single award command With normal awar
82. fier That means that this command will capture any trips with the specified trip length that starts within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time v5 02 47 AWARD Trip Number This Award command allows you to select trips by specific trip number For example if you were to say Award Trip Number H1234 you would capture every trip with that trip number CAUTION Trip numbers can change throughout the bid month Different types of trips can have the same trip number on different dates of the month Be sure to check your filters to ensure you are capturing the trips that you intended This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips with the specified trip number that starts within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Trip Number This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Trip Number 1234 all trips with this number would be avoided from that point forward and not be considered further within the bid group This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips with the specified trip number that starts within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time v5 02 48 AWARD Trip Report Time This
83. further within the bid group This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips with the specified report time that start within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time TRIP RELEASE AIRPORT AWARD Trip Release Airport This Award command allows you to select trips that terminate at a specific airport This is useful in bases that have co terminals For example if you were to say Award Trip Release Airport SJC you would capture all trips that terminate at SJC This command has a Trip end home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips with the specified release time that end within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Trip Release Airport This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command This is useful in bases that have co terminals For example if you were to say Avoid Trip Release Airport JFK any trip that terminates at JFK will be avoided from that point forward and not be considered any further within the bid group This command has a Trip end home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips with the specified release time that end within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time v5 02 50 AWARD Trip This Award command allows you to select
84. gt 1100 2 AWARD Number of Duties lt 1 010ct 00 01 310ct 23 58 B AVOID Wok 010ct 00 01 O30ct 23 59 AWARD Number of Duties lt 1 010ct 00 01 310ct 23 59 H submit will submit he groups that you have selected You can select or deselect all bid groups with these icons You can delete a group or can move your bid groups multiple group with this up or down in order with these icon arrows v5 02 28 The Bid Group Report icon allows you to create bid group report at any time bid group report will contain all of your submitted and unsubmitted standing bid groups and monthly bid groups A confirmation dialog will appear and once clicked you can retrieve your bid group report from the Reports section on your Crew Info screen Bid Groups Oct Bid Analysis Tool IPTE A Compare Overview Prev Month Standing Bid Groups Standing Overview Oct Bid Groups 011010 311010 Bid Rows 1 SET Working Block Report Time gt 1100 EJ Submit 2 AWARD Number of Duties lt 1 010ct 00 01 310ct 23 59 2 AVOID Work 010ct 00 01 030ct 23 59 34 AWARD Number of Duties lt 1 010ct 00 01 310ct 23 59 H Message from webpage Clicking this icon will generate the dialog box on o Are you sure do you want to create a bid group s report he right Click OK to create a bid group report
85. his command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips with the specified number of duty periods that starts within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time v5 02 41 PREMIUM AIRCRAFT RATIO AWARD Premium Aircraft Ratio This command allows you to select trips that contain a specified amount of premium aircraft credit hours expressed as a ratio to the total credit value of the trip For example if you were to say Award Premium Aircraft Ratio gt 5096 you would capture all trips that contain more premium aircraft credit time than non premium aircraft credit time This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that start within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Premium Aircraft Ratio This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Premium Aircraft Ratio lt 5096 any trip that contained less than 5096 premium aircraft credit time would be avoided from that point forward and not be considered any further in your bid group This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that starts within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time SIT TIME AWARD Sit Time This Award command allows you to select trips
86. in rest after basic trip UPA 5 E 3 e 2 Default 12 45 hours Pilot selectable 12 45 14 00 hours Min rest after basic duty period with flight UPA 5 E 3 c 18 hours segment over 8 hours Min rest after previous long unaugmented UPA 5 E 3 b 14 hours duty periods with short rest between Min rest after global trip UPA 5 E 3 f 24 hours Min rest between global trips operating in different geographical regions UPA 5 E 3 f 1 Default 24 00 hours Pilot selectable 24 00 60 00 hours Min rest between basic trip ending with UPA 5 E 10 e 16 hours ANF and global trip Min rest in any 168 consecutive hours FAR 117 25 30 hours Min rest after traveling more than 60 deg FAR 117 25 56 hours at Base including 3 nights rest longitude and TAFB more than 168 based on local time consecutive hours Min rest after global trip with 5 E 3 g 2 consecutive periods with 3 duty periods 0100 0700 free from duty Min rest at Base at least once every UPA 5 E 3 h 24 consecutive hours 168 hours for basic trips Min rest at Base at least once every UPA 5 E 4 c 1 day pilot waiveable 7 days for lineholders Duty in consecutive WOCL periods UPA 5 E 10 c Not allowed Pilot waiveable to max of 0200 0559 2 consecutive WOCLs Min rest prior to ANF duty period UPA 5 E 10 d 12 hours free from duty 0230 0329 Min days off per bid period for lineholders UPA 5 E 4 a 12 days prorated for absences see next p
87. ing line if you are eligible and there are trips remaining to be assigned However if none of the pilots below the G line use any line bid groups they all want to be on reserve no matter what and there are still trips remaining to be assigned they will be assigned to the most junior pilot in the category who is eligible v5 02 70 9 7 Command Logic How to Speak PBS The following simple examples are designed to introduce you to bidding command logic These are single bid groups that accomplish a single goal and the logic behind the commands is explained at each step These are not designed to be complete bids that you can copy into the PBS interface Complete bids contain multiple bid groups often with each big group accomplishing multiple goals For help with constructing complete bids seek the advice of a PBS subject matter expert on your local schedule committee or visit www prefbid com WEEKENDS OFF This bid will not exclude weekend trips entirely but it puts the trips that touch weekends in the lowest pool to prevent the bid group from failing if you are too junior to hold all weekends off It also tells PBS to use as few trips as is necessary in order to make a legal line Award duty time within trip Sat Sun L move trips that touch Sat Sun from supply to lowest pool Avoid work Sat Sun freeze trips that touch Sat Sun in lowest pool Award work L move all other trips from supply to lower pool The following bid does exactly
88. ip within home base qualifier That means that these commands will capture any trips that are fully contained within the time and date range that you specify referenced to home base time DEADHEAD AT START OF TRIP AWARD Deadhead at Start of Trip This Award command allows you to select trips that contain deadhead segment as the first leg of the trip For example if you were to say Award Deadhead at start of trip this would capture all trips that contain a deadhead segment as the first leg of the trip This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that start within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Deadhead at Start of Trip This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Deadhead at Start of Trip any trip that contained a deadhead segment as the first leg would be avoided from that point forward and not be considered any further in the bid group This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that start within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time v5 02 35 DEADHEAD END OF TRIP AWARD Deadhead at End of Trip This Award command allows you to select trips that contain deadhead segment as the last leg of the trip For example if you were to say Award Deadhead at En
89. ips but rather define the characteristics and general framework of your line as a whole If any of your SET commands cannot be complied with the bid group will fail GLOBAL IN BASE REST SOFT SET Global In Base Rest Soft This Set command allows you to define an in base rest time of 24 00 60 00 hours between global trips that operate in different geographical regions GLOBAL IN BASE REST HARD SET Global In Base Rest Hard This Set command allows you to define an in base rest time of 24 00 60 00 hours between global trips that operate in different geographical regions This command is a hard constraint it must be complied with by PBS even throughout Completion Mode unless it makes the entire solution mathematically impossible This should not be confused with the Global In Base Rest Soft Set command that can be removed by PBS if necessary to satisfy a Completion Mode award LINE CREDIT RANGE SET Line Credit Range This Set command allows you to define the line credit range that you prefer The options are Low Medium High and Wide Each credit range has a minimum and maximum that varies from bid period to bid period The Wide range spans from the Low range minimum to the High range Maximum The default if no selection is made is Wide Once you use the drop down menu to specify your requested line credit range you can see the actual numbers on the screen at the top of your bid group The line credit range that is displayed
90. l Overview Mar gt Compare Mar Overview Prev Month Standing Bid Groups Standing Overview Bid Groups R 4 gt sa Submit Bid Group Move Up Line is Off Clicking this tab will open the Bid Analysis Tool Filter Results D B 10 Queue Slot Remaining 72 Total Slots Remaining Bid Details Impact Match Avail Pool A Clicking this icon from within a bid group will send that bid group to the BAT for analysis The BAT will show the bid groups that you have submitted When you submit your bid group you can name the group for easier reference This name is only for the BAT If you choose not to name the submission the system will assign a number to your bid group The BAT will record the time and date that you submitted your group for analysis in the Submitted column The Completed column will indicate when the processing of the submitted group was completed If the analysis is not yet completed the status will indicate Queued You can delete any bid group from the BAT either before or after processing is complete by clicking on the red X for the corresponding bid group It may be necessary to refresh the status of your submissions if you do not leave the BAT tab while waiting for results The results may take several minutes depending on demand v5 02 25 Bid Groups Oct gt Overview Oct Overview Prev Month Bid Analysis Tool The following roster reports do notin any way repr
91. lipboard gt Bid Analysis Tool Overview Jul Compare Jul Overview Prev Month Standing Bid Groups Standing Overview Jul gt Bid Groups T D X BH 2 Submit Bid Group Move Up Line is OFF Use the X button to delete selected bid rows on D 1 Q 10 Queue Slot Remaining 75 Total Slots Remaining imum Days 12 Credit Range 78 00 90 00 h AWARD lt 3 day s 30Jun 0001 29Jul 2359 158 60 08 2 158 o Tr bere work 30Jun 0001 29 2359 259 100 158 wrench icon is used to modify single bid rows if you need to make a change You must select bid row to modify and then you may only modify the details of the command on that bid row not the command itself In other words if you chose to modify an Avoid Work command you can modify the times and dates that you wanted to avoid but you cannot change the command to a different command In that case you would need to delete this bid row and create a new one with a new command Bid Groups Jul Clipboard gt Bid Analysis Tool gt Overview Jul Compare Jul Overview Prev Month gt Standing Bid Groups gt Standing Overview Jul Bid Groups 1 gt DRX T 1 gt S Submit Bid Group Move Up Line is OFF Use the wrench icon to modify a selected bid row D 1 gt fe Gl Gl 10 Queue Slot Remaining 75 Total Slots Remaining Mi
92. move those trips to one of the weighted trip pools Trips can only be moved from a pool of a lesser weighting to a pool of a greater weighting For example you can move a trip from Supply to Low or from Low to High but not from High to Low Said another way a trip will always carry the highest weight specified for that trip in a particular bid group Moving trips into the weighted trip pools with the AWARD command is how you specify which trips or types of trips you want to fly There are more than 30 different bid types associated with the AWARD command and each is defined in detail in section 7 of this manual There is also a variation on this command called Must Award that applies only to reserve bidding see section 7 4 for more information AVOID The AVOID command is used to find trips with a specific attribute and then freeze those trips in the pool where they presently reside If they are still in the supply pool they will stay there and will not be considered when PBS builds your line If they are already in one of the weighted trip pools they will remain in that pool and cannot be affected again by any further AWARD commands There are more than 30 different bid types associated with the AVOID command and each is defined in detail in section 7 of this manual SET The SET command has multiple bid types associated with it that can be used to define the general character or framework of your line In other words a SET command is a
93. nd date range that you specified referenced to your home base time v5 02 44 ADJ CREDIT VALUE PER DUTY AWARD Trip Adj Credit Value per Duty This Award command allows you to select trips with a specified amount of Adjusted Credit Value per Duty For example if you were to say Award Trip Adj Credit Value per Duty gt 6 00hrs you would capture all trips with an average Adjusted Credit Value per Duty of 6 00 hours or greater NOTE See TRIP ADJ CREDIT VALUE PER DAY for a detailed definition of this command NOTE The value you choose in this command is an average per duty This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips of the specified Premium Credit Value per Duty that start within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Trip Adj Credit Value per Duty This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Premium Credit Value Duty lt 5 30hrs trips that contained an average of less than 5 30hrs of Premium Credit Value per day would be avoided from that point forward and not considered further within the bid group This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips of the specified Premium Credit Value per duty that start within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time TRIP AVERAGE BLOCK
94. ne trip at home base at 0500 and then starting another trip at 2000 the same day after a legal rest break Other FAR and contractual rest provisions will still apply See Chapter 10 of this manual for more details on duty and rest rules MIN DAYS BETWEEN WORK BLOCKS WAIVE Min Days Between Work Blocks The default number of days required between work blocks in PBS is two This Waive command allows you to reduce the minimum number of days between work blocks to one DUTY IN CONSECUTIVE WOCLS WAIVE Duty in Consecutive WOCLs This Waive command tells PBS to disregard the UPA provision that prohibits duty in consecutive WOCL periods It will allow PBS to schedule a maximum of two consecutive WOCL duty periods WOCL window of circadian low is defined in the UPA as 02 00 05 59 See Chapter 10 of this manual for more details on duty and rest rules v5 02 55 7 4 Reserve Bid Group AWARD and MUST AWARD Commands Commands for reserve bid groups work similarly to line bid groups with some minor exceptions that are explained below The weighted trip pools are populated with reserve objects instead of trips The reserve objects are RSV reserve day on RDO regular day off found only in Global reserve lines FDO flexible day off one per bid period holy day off AWARD moves reserve objects from a pool of a lesser weighting to a pool of a greater weighting just as it does with trips in line bid groups MUST AWARD functio
95. new rows at the bottom of the bid group This useful when constructing bid groups where you use the same command or commands over again Bid Groups Jul i Bid Anal 523 4 nth nding Bid Group Standin Bid Groups 5 G Minimum 12 10 Queue Slot Remaining 75 Total Slots Remaining Credit Range 78 00 90 00 l 2 AVOID Work 30Jun 0001 29Jul 2359 259 100 259 5 02 20 clipboard icon is used to selected row s to the clipboard The clipboard be accessed using the clipboard tab above The clipboard is explained in detail in the next section of this manual Bid Groups Jul Clipboard gt Bid Analysis Tool Overview Jul gt Compare Jul gt Overview Prev Month gt Standing Bid Groups Standing Overview Jul gt Bid Groups m D tb gt A Submit Bid Group Move Up Line is OFF This icon copies the selected bid row s to the clipboard Filter Results B queue Slot Remaining 74 Total Slots Remaining Minimum Days Off Credit Range 78 00 90 00 Trip Length lt 3 day s 30Jun 0001 29Jul 2359 156 60 T 259 156 OID Work 30Jun 0001 29Jul 2359 259 100 259 0 156 The gear icon is used to submit the specified bid group to the Bid Analysis Tool The BAT will evaluate the bid group to be
96. nimum Days Off 12 Credit Range 78 00 90 00 gt 1 7 Tip gth 3 day s 30Jun 0001 29Jul 2359 156 80 156 259 156 Work 30Jun 0001 29Jul 2359 259 100 156 5 02 19 The arrow icons next to the wrench icon be used to move single bid rows up down or to a specific line within the bid group gB rou Standing 1 DRX th amp A submiteiacroup _Move Up Lineis OFF The arrow icons will move the selected bid row up down or to a specific position in the bid group TRR Clipboard 2 nalysis Tool 1 Geo Queue Slot Remaining 75 Total Slots Remaining Minimum Days Off 12 Credit Range work 30Jun 0001 29Jul 2359 250 000 259 o 168 The next two icons used to select or deselect all of the bid rows within the bid group You may do this if you wish to delete all or most of your bid rows or if you have selected several rows and wish to deselect them DRX th gt BR A _ Move up Lineis OFF Reem Clipboard gt Bid An T Ov T R Ju ith anding Bid Grou 1 nding Overvie 4 L 10 Queue Slot Remaining 75 Total Slots Remaining se Days Off 42 Credit Range 78 00 90 00 2 V AVOID Work 30Jun 0001 29 2359 259 100 259 156 next icon is used to selected bid rows to
97. ns in the background like an AVOID command by freezing reserve objects in their current location The difference is that it freezes all reserve objects except the object s being addressed by the command For example saying Must Award is the same thing saying Avoid RSV RDO FDO Important mnemonic AWARD MOVE and MUST AWARD FREEZE everything else The UPA specifies reserve schedule construction parameters in great detail Only certain combinations of days on and days off are allowed These parameters vary by category and change when you have preassignments Be sure you understand the reserve line construction parameters prior to bidding for reserve A summary of those parameters is found in Chapter 10 of this manual CAUTION If you bid for something that is outside of the UPA parameters the bid group will likely fail Use the BAT to check the legality of your bid groups NOTE Reserve lines are normally limited to a maximum of four groups of days off In order to prevent a 1 in 7 illegality from occurring across bid periods you can opt to have a single day off awarded within the first six days of the bid period This single day off will not count as one of the groups of days off effectively allowing you to have five groups of days off See the WAIVE Allow Single Day Off 1 Group command in Section 7 5 of this manual for more information NOTE Pilots based in GUM should refer to UPA LOA 1 for further details regarding comp
98. ns is an X icon and this can be used to delete the selected bid group tReet Clipboard gt Bid Analysis Tool gt Overview Compare Overview Prev Month gt Standing Bid Groups Standing Overview 2 Bid Groups 1 R 4 gt BB Open Bid Group Move Up Line is of Buttons used to create and delete bid groups Filter Results gt l amp 10 Queue Slot Remaining 75 Total Slots Remaining Bid Details Impact Match Avail Pool Minimum Days 12 Credit Range 77 00 87 00 1 AWARD Work 01May 0001 30May 2358 2465 100 465 365 2465 Next you will see a group of green arrows Use these to move the selected bid group either up or down your list of bid groups one step at a time or directly to a position on the list which you can specify Groups Clipboard gt Bid Analysis Tool gt Overview Mar Compare Overview Prev Month Standing Bid Groups Standing Overview Bid Groups 1 BH Pd Submit Bid Group Move Up Line is 2 at Use these arrows to move the selected bid group up or down in the list to change its priority 12 5 amp 10 Queue Slot Remaining 72 Total Slots Remaining 13 Impact Match Avail Pool gt 14 8 Credit Range 78 00 87 30 15 5 16 19 20 88 19 0 The icons next to the arrows are used to
99. nto lines with fewer days off and or higher credit because PBS must build a legal schedule for everyone Be aware of contractual and FAR legalities over month end For example a pilot with high block time scheduled at the end of one month may be illegal for some trips operating at the beginning of the next month The company can make changes to preassignments until 44 hours prior to the time bidding closes After that pilot concurrence is required to make changes to preassignments See UPA section 20 B 4 for further details If you have preassignments be sure to check your calendar for any changes Use the Bid Analysis Tool BAT to determine if your bid groups are legally able to be awarded in accordance with contractual and FAR requirements The BAT cannot predict the final outcome of your line because it does not know which trips will be available at your seniority but it can alert you if your bid groups will fail because they are illegal The vast majority of bidding errors can be prevented with proper use of the BAT v5 02 68 9 3 Award Avoid AWARD commands move trips from lower weighted pools to higher weighted pools AVOID commands freeze trips in their current pool There is no way to remove trips from pools they can either be frozen in their current pool or moved to a higher weighted pool AWARD MOVE and AVOID FREEZE Be sure your AVOID and AWARD statements are in the proper order PBS evaluates these statements from
100. o Emp 5555 Base IAH Equipment 756 Position FO My Reports System Documents Carry In 0 00 May 13 5555 Reason Report html 17 Apr 2013 08 24 Non Flight Activities nol 13 5555 Bid Award Report v2htmi 17 Apr 2013 08 00 Sare noul 13 5555 Bid Award Report 17 2013 07 58 2 Apr 13 Y5555 Reason Report html 17 Mar 2013 08 47 Bid period total 0 00 apr 13 5555 Bid Award Report v2 html 18 Mar 2013 13 55 Apr 13 5555 Bid Award Report 18 Mar 2013 13 53 20130513 020752 5555 13 2013 02 07 Consecutive 365 Total 603 24 50130512 020548 Y5555 pdf 12 May 2013 02 05 Personal Block Cap 20130511 020632 Y5555 pdf 11 May 2013 02 06 20130510 020848 Y5555 pdf 10 May 2013 02 08 201305089 020434 Y 5555 pdf 09 May 2013 02 04 20130508 020352 Y 5555 pdf 08 May 2013 02 03 20130507 020315 Y5555 pdf 07 May 2013 02 03 20130413 021127 Y5555 pdf 13 Apr 2013 02 10 IMinimum days off 12 4 2 Log Out Always use the Exit PBS selection to log out of the bidding software This allows several validation processes to occur For example if you select Exit PBS and have any unsaved work the system will prompt you If you close the browser window without using Exit PBS these safeguards will not be available Crew Info Bidding utes Exit PBS m 5 02 9 5 0 CREW INFO PAGE The Crew Info page is the default page
101. ontal rows is where you will be able to insert rows selected from the left side to bid groups that you specify Bid Groups Oct Bid Analysis Tool Overview Oct Compare Overview Prev Month gt Standing Bid Groups Standing Overview Oct 2 Bid Group Clipboard Flight Line Insert at row End Q Regular Bid Groups Bid Rows Unsubmitted Flight Line Bid Groups C AWARD Number of Duties lt 1 01 Oct 0001 310ct 2359 AVOID Work 140 0001 140ct 2359 This side of the clipboard is where you will see the his side is where you will select the bid rows that you copied from various bid groups destinations for the bid rows that appear the left The icons on the clipboard have similar functions to the icons that you ve already seen v5 02 22 the left side you a drop down menu to select a flight line or reserve option There are icons for pasting selected bid rows to other bid groups and an option to delete bid rows from the clipboard There is also an option for selecting and deselecting bid rows Bid Groups Oct Overview Prev Month gt Standing Bid Groups gt Bid Group Clipboard Clipboard Bid Analysis Tool gt Overview Oct gt Compare Oct Standing Overview Flight Line Insert atrow End Regular Bid Groups v Bid Rows Unsubmitted Flight Line Bid Groups
102. or to hold those days off under any circumstances If you have to work on those days anyway do you want a flying line or reserve Be sure to complete your bid using the appropriate type of bid group CAUTION This is important so it s worth repeating If you are at or above the G line and use reserve bid groups you may receive a reserve line Below G line with line bid groups If you are below the G line you are not guaranteed a flying line award because you do not have flying line seniority You are a reserve pilot However if a senior bidder chooses to have a reserve line you may be eligible for but not guaranteed a flying line award If you want to take advantage of this eligibility you should use some line bid groups prior to any reserve bid groups Furthermore if you want to take advantage of this eligibility without regard to the quality of any potential flying line schedule you may receive your last line bid group prior to any reserve bid groups should be an unrestricted Award Work bid This tells PBS that you would like to be considered for a flying line no matter what You might also consider using one or more WAIVE commands to further relax your bid and give PBS the most flexibility Below G line without line bid groups If you are below the G line and do not want a flying line under any circumstances do not use any line bid groups Using a line bid group below the G line tells PBS that you would like to be considered for a fly
103. orking space This drop down menu allows you to select the type of command that you wish to use eam Clipboard Bid Analysis Tool gt Overview gt Compare gt Overview Prev Month gt Standing Bid Groups gt Standing Overview 2 Bid Groups 1 Submit Bid Group Move Up Line is Category This dropdown menu appears When you click this icon m c f amp B 7 10 Queue Slot Remaining 75 Total Slots Remaining Bid Details Impact Match Avail Pool Minimum Days 12 Credit Range 20 00 91 30 SET WAIVE commands are used to define overall line characteristics and can be entered at any time and any order These bid rows will always propagate to the top of the bid group regardless of where you enter them AWARD and AVOID commands are used to move trips into your weighted trip pools and will appear in your bid group in the order in which they are entered TRS eam Clipboard Bid Analysis Tool Overview May Compare May gt Overview Prev Month gt Standing Bid Groups gt Standing Overview gt Bid Groups 1 D x l QA Submit Group Move Up Line is Category fatennr First select the type of command you wish to use D Queue Slot Remaining 75 Total Slots Remaining Bid Details Impact Match Avail Pool Minimum D
104. oups 32 6 8 Standing Overview 32 7 0 BIDDING STATEMENTS 33 7 1 Line Bid Group AWARD AVOID 0 1 33 AIRCRAFT TYPE 33 AIRPORT S 34 AUGMENTED CREW 2 34 CARRYOUT 34 BIDS a 35 DEADHEAD START OF TRIP cec cr 35 DEADHEAD AT END 36 DEADHEAD ANYWHERE IN 36 DEADHEAD RATIO 36 pred IBI iden multi 37 DOWNLINE Adu 37 DUTY TIME WITHIN 65066 63666 324666366666 0 3666 6 3666 3266 366666 38 DUTY TIME WITHIN 38 FLUGAT NUMBER m 39 FLYING WIT rt 39
105. pecified dates These are trips that are flying in the right seat not Augment Crew trips For example if you were to say Award F O Trip you would capture trips that contain at least one leg of right seat first officer flying CAUTION This command is only available to first officers Also be aware that this command will capture trips that have at least one leg of F O flying but could also contain Augment Crew flying if there are any trips built that way Be sure to check your filters This command has a Trip touch home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that touch the date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID F O Trip This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid F O Trip any trip that was a right seat F O trip would be avoided from that point forward and would be considered any further within your bid group This command has a Trip touch home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that touch the date range that you specified referenced to your home base time LAYOVER STATION WITH LENGTH AWARD Layover Station With Length This Award command allows you to select trips that contain a layover at a specific station and specify the length of layover that you prefer For example if you were to say Award Layover DEN Length gt 14 00 hrs you would capture all trips that contain
106. pool Pay attention to the qualifiers and check your filters to make sure the trips are in the correct pools v5 02 71 PARTIAL WEEKENDS OFF This bid tells PBS that if you have to work on any weekend days you would rather work on Saturdays than Sundays If you re too junior for that the rest of the trips are still available for assignment from the lowest pool It also tells PBS to use as few trips as is necessary in order to make a legal line Award work L move all trips from supply to lowest pool Avoid work Sun freeze trips that touch Sun in lowest pool Award work L move remaining trips to lower pool Avoid work Sat freeze trips that touch Sat in lower pool Award work L move remaining trips to low pool COMMUTING This bid controls for the number of commutes per month the number of days off between commutes the length of work blocks and the report release times of work blocks However it does not address trip characteristics at all With this bid a work block could be five 1 day trips or a 2 day plus a 3 day or any other combination of trips that adds up to five days or less Set min days between work blocks 3 three days between commutes Set max length of work block 5 max of five day on in a row Set max number of work blocks 4 max of four commutes Set work block report time 1500 start work block after 3pm Set work block release time 0200 1200 finish work block before noon but after 0200 Award work L
107. re any trips with a specified layover station and length event contained within the date range that you specified referenced to local time Local time is the time zone where the event begins v5 02 40 LEGS PER DUTY AWARD Legs per Duty This Award command allows you to select trips that contain a specified number of legs per duty period For example if you were to say Award Legs per Duty lt 2 you would capture all trips in which each duty period contains two legs or less NOTE This command treats flight legs and deadhead legs the same A duty period with two flight legs is the same as a duty period with two deadhead legs or a duty period with one flight leg and one deadhead leg This command has an Event local qualifier This means that this command will capture any trips with a specified number of legs per duty event contained within the date range that you specified referenced to local time Local time is the time zone where the event begins AVOID Legs per Duty This Avoid command operates differently than the Award command If you were to say Avoid Legs per Duty gt 3 all trips that contain at least one duty period with three or more legs will be avoided from that point forward and not be considered further within the bid group This command has an Event local qualifier This means that this command will capture any trips with a specified number of legs per duty event contained within the date range that
108. re in your browser Adjust the browser settings accordingly v5 02 1 2 0 DEFINITIONS ABBREVIATIONS This section provides definitions of the terms used throughout this manual and within the PBS interface See the UPA section 2 for additional definitions Adjusted Credit Value The total credit value of a trip plus 10 of the time in Premium Aircraft Assignable Trip A trip that will fit in your line as a stand alone trip It must not conflict with or cause FAR or contractual violations with any preassignments in the current or previous bid months Available Trip A trip that has not already been assigned to a senior bidder and is still available to use when PBS is building your line A trip may be available but not assignable due to conflicts Basic Flight A flight that operates within the 50 United States Canada Mexico Central America that portion of South America which is north of 15 degrees south latitude Bermuda and the Caribbean Islands Basic Trip A trip that contains no Global flights Bid Analysys Tool BAT A tool that evaluates the legality and validity of a bid group The BAT does not consider seniority or system constraints only the legality and validity of a specific bid group Bid Group A series of ordered bid rows in which bidding commands are used to build trip pools You can have a maximum of 20 bid groups A submitted bid group is available for PBS to use when building your line An unsubmitted
109. reports do not in any way represent what you will be awarded They were generated based upon only the set of bids you submitted in the requests and do not take into account global contraints or other crewmember bids Comments Submitted Completed 37527 ou can click your groups 258ep10 15 38 23 258ep10 15 39 56 Bid group 1 o open the BAT report 258ep10 15 06 47 258ep10 15 07 44 he time and date that the processing was completed Once completed a symbol will ill appear here appear nextto your group Green means good red means bad The BAT report will provide you with information regarding the analysis of your bid group If your bid group failed it will provide you with a generic reason why the group failed Specific reasons as to why your group failed are not available This is because depending on your specific situation the complexity of your bid groups and the mix of trips you used there could be a dozen or more reasons why your group failed The BAT was not designed to provide specific reasons but rather to test the viability of your bid groups For assistance with specific reasons you should contact the PBS subject matter expert on your local schedule committee or visit www prefbid com If your group was successful the BAT report will provide you with a sample line that may have been awarded from that group if you were the number one bidder in the category The sample line does not indicate the line that you will receive since i
110. ressed bidding options v5 02 56 AWARD RSV This Award command is used to select the days on which you prefer to be assigned reserve by moving RSV objects into a specific pool This command is available as a Dated or Weekly bid AWARD FDO This Award command is used to select the day on which you prefer to place your FDO by moving FDO objects into a specific pool In a bid period with no preassigned absences you will be awarded one FDO as the first day of one of your groups of days off RDOs for Global reserve lines HDOs for Basic reserve lines The FDO cannot follow a period of six RSV days This command is available as a Dated or Weekly bid AWARD RDO This Award command is used to select the days on which you prefer to place your RDOs by moving RDO objects into a specific pool It is only applicable in Global reserve lines In a thirty 30 day month with no preassigned absences you will be awarded either two 2 periods of three 3 RDOs or three 3 periods of two 2 RDOs except that the start of one such period shall be an FDO In a thirty one 31 day month with no preassigned absences you will be awarded either two 2 periods of two 2 RDOs and one 1 period of three 3 RDOs or one period of three 3 RDOs and one 1 period of four 4 RDOs except that the start of one such period shall be an FDO This command is available as a Dated or Weekly bid MUST AWARD HDO This Must Award command is use
111. rips that starts within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time v5 02 36 DOWNLINE REPORT TIME AWARD Downline Report Time This Award command allows you to select trips with a specified downline report time expressed in various ways You can select a time range or before or after a specified time For example if you were to say Award Downline Report Time gt O800hrs you would capture all trips that have at least one occurrence of a downline report time after 8 am NOTE A downline airport is any airport other than the one where the trip originates or terminates This command has an Event local qualifier This means that this command will capture any trips with at least one downline report time after 08 00hrs event contained within the date range that you specified referenced to local time Local time is the time zone where the event begins AVOID Downline Report Time This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Downline Report Time lt 08 00hrs any trip that had a downline report time earlier than 08 00hrs would be avoided from that point forward and not be considered any further within your bid group This command has an Event local qualifier This means that this command will capture any trips with a report time before 08 00 local time event contained within the date range that you specified referenced to ocal time Local tim
112. rips that were not assignable to you 11 21 3 BID GROUP 1 1 SET LINE HIGH 83 50 90 00 2 AVOID WORK DATED 31May2013 00 00 07Jun2013 23 59 31May2013 00 00 07Jun2013 23 59 3 AVOID WORK DATED 15Jun2013 00 00 17Jun2013 23 59 15Jun2013 00 00 177012013 23 59 4 AVOID AIRCRAFT TYPE 752 31May2013 00 00 297012013 23 59 5 AVOID AIRCRAFT TYPE 753 31May2013 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 6 AWARD LAYOVER HNL 0 00 999 00 H 31May2013 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 1 matching AWARD LAYOVER GRU 0 00 999 00 H 3 17 matching i 8 AWARD LAYOVER FCO 0 00 99900 H 31 trips available to build your 17 matching line for this bid group 9 AWARD LAYOVER MXP 0 00 99900 H 31MI3yZUT7 UU ZSJunZU17 2259 17 matching 10 AWARD LAYOVER MUC 0 00 999 00 31May20 14 matching 11 AWARD LAYOVER BRU 0 00 999 00 17 matching Total o 11 trips in the bid group trip pool Legal award that complies with bid group requirements not possible with remaining trips his is the total number of 00 00 29Jun2013 23 59 2013 00 00 297012013 23 59 Hide Show Trip Pool 5 02 65 next line will give you the disposition of the bid group There are three possible dispositions for your bid group 1112113 BID GROUP 3 1 SET LINE HIGH 83 50 90 00 2 AVOID WORK DATED 31May2013 00 00 07Jun2013 23 59 31May2013 00 00 07701
113. ruction patterns SET Min Days Between Work Blocks This Set command allows you to define the minimum number of days off between work blocks See UPA 5 E 7 for details of reserve line construction patterns SET Reserve Line Type This Set command allows pilots based in GUM to specify either a Basic reserve line or a Compressed reserve line If this command is not used then PBS defaults to Basic for GUM based pilots This Set command is only applicable to pilots based in GUM For all other pilots PBS will automatically set the reserve line type to Basic or Global as required WAIVE Allow Single Day Off 1 Group This Waive command allows PBS to award a single day off in the first six days of the bid period if needed to prevent 1 in 7 illegality from occurring across bid periods a reserve line PBS will only consider awarding a single day off if you are working on the last day of the previous bid period In accordance with the UPA this single day off will not count as one of your day off periods See Chapter 10 of this manual for information about reserve line construction parameters v5 02 58 8 0 5 There are three tabs you use to access information in the reports section Reports Category Award Reports and System Documents These are found on the Crew Info screen The My Reports tab contains reports that are specific to you You will find your bid award reports your reasons reports and your bid snapshot
114. run Carry in is the scheduled credit value of any trips that carry in from the previous bid month Any credit for non flight activities will appear on the next line Non Flight activities include but are not limited to jury duty military leave personal or family leaves etc Vacation credit is on a separate line The total of your carry in non flight activities and vacation credit is displayed so that you can be aware of how much additional flying credit is needed to construct your line The block time section gives you information regarding your totals which are applied towards the limits established in FAR 117 See the PBS Award Parameters section later in this manual for the limitation details The PBC figure is an evaluation of an individual s previous and prospective block time that is computed in accordance with UPA section 5 B 4 It is important to note that the FAR limitations and Personal Block Cap figures are independent and do not relate to each other in any way A pilot may have FAR imposed limitations without having a Personal Block Cap imposed This is due to the nature of the PBC calculation A pilot may also have a Personal Block Cap imposed without having any current FAR issues For more information refer to UPA section 5 B 4 The seniority section provides you with information regarding your overall system seniority you seniority within the category for the month and where your seniority falls relative to the G line These valu
115. s here PBS retains two months of bid award and reasons reports on this page May Bid Period U N E 2 Bidding Opens 06 Apr 2013 1700CT Bidding Closes 12 Apr 2013 1000 01 2013 30 2013 Mon Tue Thu Tue Wed Fri Tue Mon Thu 06 07 08 09 14 15 17 21 27 28 29 30 Crew Info John Doe Emp Y5555 Base IAH Equipment 756 Position FO Carry In 0 00 May Reason Report 17 Apr 2013 08 24 Non Flight Activities ooo 13 5555 Bid Award Report v2 html 17 Apr 2013 08 00 130 kb ooo 13 5555 Award Report pdt 17 2013 07 58 5 c 2 Apr 13 5555 Reason Report html 17 Mar 2013 08 47 41 kb Bid period total 0 00 apr 13 5555 Bid Award Report v2 html 18 Mar 2013 13 55 138 kb Apr 13 5555 Bid Award Report pdf 18 Mar 2013 13 53 4 kb 20130513 020752 Y 5555 pdf 13 May 2013 02 07 2kb Consecutive 365 Total 603 24 20130512 020548 5555 pdf 12 2013 02 05 2 kb Personal Block Cap 20130511 020632 Y5555 pdf 11 2013 02 06 2 kbl 20130510 020848 5555 pdf 10 2013 02 08 2 20130509 020434 5555 09 2013 02 04 2 kb 20130508 020352 Y 5555 08 May 2013 02 03 2 kb 20130507 020315 5555 07 2013 02 03 2 kbl 20130413 021127 5555 13 Apr 2013 02 10 2411207 GLine Seniority 1796 2096 IMinimum days off
116. s need to be realistic for your relative seniority If your seniority does not normally allow you to fly the best trips and hold weekends off bid groups with these parameters will likely fail It s okay to have a few dream bid groups but the others need to be more realistic to ensure you get to exercise at least some control over the outcome If all of your bid groups fail you will enter Completion Mode and PBS will build you a legal schedule that may reflect none of your desires It s always better to have a final unrestricted bid group that includes all trips weighted in accordance with your preferences than to allow PBS to enter Completion Mode SET commands and Limits can have a significant impact on your outcome Make sure they are appropriate for your relative seniority For example if pilots at your seniority level usually get low line credit values and you bid for a high line credit value that bid group will likely fail even if there are numerous available assignable trips in your pools 9 2 Legalities PBS must build legal FAR and contractual schedules for every pilot in the category An individual pilot s line award will not be affected by the bidding preferences of more junior pilots but it may be affected by the ability to build legal schedules for the other pilots in the category For example if senior pilots want a lot of days off and or low credit lines at some point in the category the remaining pilots will be forced i
117. ses 30 Mar 2013 2359 02 March 2013 31 March 2013 Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu 02 03 04 08 06 07 08 Thu 28 Fn 29 Sat 30 Sun 31 Sat 09 Mon 11 Wed 13 Thu 14 Fri 15 Sat 16 Mon 18 Wed 20 Thu 21 Fri 22 Sat 23 Mon 25 Wed 2 Tue 26 Sun 24 Tue 19 Sun 17 Tue 12 Sun 10 Groups Bid Analysis Tool Overview Prev Month Standing Bid Groups Bid Groups 4 Weekends Off v T 4 gt D Open Bid Group Move Up Line is Off Click here to access the Overview Prev Month tab The Overview Prev Month tab allows you to review the previous months bid groups by clicking on each bid group This is also where you can copy all or some of the previous months bid groups to the current months bid groups If you would like to copy all bid groups to the current month click on the Select All icon then click on the Copy Selected to Current Period icon All of the previous months bid groups will be copied over You may also selectively move bid groups by click on them individually and then copying them over Overview Jul Overview Prev Month Bid Groups 310513 290613 Bid Rows B 1 AVOID Work 26Jun 00 01 26Jun 19 00 AWARD Layover SFO Length gt 20 00 h 31May 00 01 29Jun 23 59 B AWARD Layover SJC Length gt
118. t 00 04 310ct 23 59 a B AVOID Wok 010ct 00 01 0300 23 59 R AWARD Number of Duties lt 1 010ct 00 01 310ct 23 59 H licking here will present an overview of the bid group in here This is your raw bid group without the trip overview of your bid group is presented he right panel pool data contained in the Bid Groups tab v5 02 27 red X is used to delete selected bid group or groups Only unsubmitted noted with an asterisk bid groups can be deleted from this screen The green arrows can be used to move bid groups up or down in your bid group list Click on the bid group you want to move and then click on the arrow to move the group to its desired location within your bid You can select or deselect all bid groups This is useful if you would like to submit all of your bid groups at one time or delete all of your bid groups You can only delete all of your bid groups simultaneously if they are all unsubmitted You can submit all of your selected unsubmitted bid groups at one time from this page If your bid groups have already been submitted the submit button will change to an open button for you to open single or multiple groups Bid Analysis Tool Overview Overview Prev Month Standing Bid Groups Standing Overview Oct 011010 311010 Bid Rows Submit 1 SET Working Block Report Time
119. t it is used for your standing bid groups You can enter up to 20 standing bid groups that will be used in the event that you do not submit any bid groups for the current bid period prior to bid closing This can be useful if you will be unavailable during the bidding window Standing bid groups do not show trip pool information because they persist from month to month but the trip data changes You may enter standing bid groups at any time except the time from bid closing until the bid awards are made Please see the Bid Groups tab section for detailed explanations of the functions available 6 8 Standing Overview Tab Access the Standing Overview display by clicking on the Standing Overview tab March Bid Period U N I T D ED Bidding Opens 06 Feb 2013 1700 Bidding Closes 30 Mar 2013 2359 02 March 2013 31 March 2013 Sat Sun Tue Wed 02 03 04 08 06 07 08 Wed 20 Thu 21 Fri 22 Sat 23 Mon 25 Wed 27 Thu 28 Fri 29 Sat 30 Sun 31 Tue 26 Sun 24 Tue 19 Sat 09 Mon 11 Wed 13 Thu 14 Fri 15 Sat 16 Mon 18 Sun 17 Tue 12 Sun 10 Bid Groups Mar Bid Analysis Tool Overview Prev Month Standing Bid Groups Standing Overview Eee aaa Bid Groups 1 Weekends Off D T gt BB Open Bid Group Move Up Line is
120. t only takes into account your bid not your seniority or any global system constraints that you might be subject to v5 02 26 6 4 Overview Tab Clicking on the Overview tab will open the overview section of PBS allowing you to review the current bid month s information Bid Groups Oct Clipboard Bid Analysis Tool Compare gt Overview Prev Month gt Standing Bid Groups Standing Overview Oct gt Bid Groups 011010 311010 BT RUNE Access the Overview section of PBS by clicking on the Overview The Overview tab can be used to quickly review your raw bid groups no trip pool data You will be able to access both submitted and unsubmitted bid groups for the current bid month You can also delete unsubmitted bid groups change the order of your bid groups create a Bid Group Report and open or submit bid groups When you click on an individual bid group that group will appear in the workspace on the right side of the screen You will be able to review that groups bid rows No trip pool data is included in this overview Bid Groups Clipboard gt Bid Analysis Tool Compare Oct Overview Prev Month gt Standing Bid Groups gt Standing Overview Oct 2 Bid Groups 011010 311010 S SET Working Block Report Time gt 1100 amp suoni AWARD Number of Duties lt 1 010c
121. table to determine the total number of days off you will receive when you are not available for the entire bid period Global Use this table to determine the total number of days off you will receive when you are not available for the entire bid period Then use table 5 E 7 e published later in this chapter to determine the number of HDOs and RDOs you will receive Thirty 30 Day Months Holy Days Off Holy Days Off Days Total Global Days Total Global Available Days Off Reserves Available Days Reserves 5 02 78 Reserve Proration Table 5 5 31 Days Basic Use this table to determine the total number of days off you will receive when you are not available for the entire bid period Global Use this table to determine the total number of days off you will receive when you are not available for the entire bid period Then use table 5 E 7 e published later in this chapter to determine the number of HDOs and RDOs you will receive Thirty One 31 Day Months Holy Days Off Holy Days Off Days Total Global Days Total Global Available Days Off Reserves Available Days Off Reserves Ter KA l a e fe N w N lN lka l kA bl o w KA 5 02 79 Reserve Proration Table 5 7 Global This table is for Global reserve only First use table 5 E 5 b published previously in this chapter to determine the total number of
122. that shows after logging in to PBS This page provides information and reports pertaining to the specific crewmember for the current and future bid periods The Crew Info page can be selected at any time from the drop down menu located at the upper right portion of any PBS screen You can also exit the program from this drop down menu As mentioned previously always use the Exit PBS option when exiting the program instead of simply closing the browser window March Bid Period UNITED DI Bidding Opens 06 Feb 2013 1 00 Bidding Closes 30 Mar 2013 2359 Crew Info Bidding 02 March 2013 31 March 2013 Disputes Sat Sun Tue Thu Sat Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fi Sat Sun Mon Tue Thu Sat Sun Tue Wed xit PBS 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2 28 29 30 31 I I ee 1 The bar across the top of the screen contains information for the current bid period The bid month along with the opening and closing times for the bid appears here All bid groups that you wish to submit must be submitted prior to the bid closing time Unsubmitted bid groups will not be processed The monthly calendar section shows the days of the bid month and any preassignments that you may have for the month It is important
123. the same thing but the trips progress through the pools differently Award work L move all trips from supply to lowest pool Avoid work Sat Sun freeze trips that touch Sat Sun trips in lowest pool Award work L move all other trips from lowest to lower pool The following bid still does exactly the same thing Award work L move all trips from supply to lowest pool Avoid duty time within trip Sat Sun freeze trips that touch Sat Sun trips in lowest pool Award work L move all other trips from lowest to lower pool The following bid however will not do the same thing There are two problems with it First Award Work has a trip within qualifier meaning this command will only capture trips that are contained entirely within the specified date range In this case the Award commands move trips that are contained entirely within weekends and entirely within weekdays trips that operate on both weekdays and weekends will be left in the supply pool and thus cannot be used in your line Second without an AVOID statement that freezes the weekend only trips in the lowest pool any subsequent AWARD statements that further define your bid e g Award trip length 3 could cause some of the weekend only trips to move out of the lowest pool which is not the desired outcome Award work Sat Sun L move trips fully within Sat Sun from supply to lowest pool Award work Mon Fri L move trips fully within Mon Fri from supply to lower
124. the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Trip Release Time This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Trip Release Time gt 19 00hrs all trips that terminated at or after 7 00 pm would be avoided from that point forward and not be considered further within the bid group This command has a Trip end home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips with the specified release time that end within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time v5 02 49 AWARD Trip Report Airport This Award command allows you to select trips that originate at a specific airport This is useful in bases that have co terminals For example if you were to say Award Trip Report Airport SJC you would capture all trips that originate at SJC This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips with the specified report time that start within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Trip Report Airport This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command This is useful in bases that have co terminals For example if you were to say Avoid Trip Report Airport JFK any trip that originates at JFK will be avoided from that point forward and not be considered any
125. thin the bid group NOTE A supervised operation airport and a special qualification airport are not the same thing This command is for supervised operation airports See the FOM Currencies and Qualifications chapter for further information This command has a Trip touch home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips that touch the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time v5 02 42 TIME AWAY FROM BASE AWARD Time Away From Base This Award command allows you to select trips with a specified time away from base For example if you were to say Award Time Away From Base lt 12 00hrs you would capture all trips with a time away from base of 12 00 hours or less This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips of the specified time away from base that start within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Time Away From Base This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Time Away From Base gt 48 00hrs any trips with a time away from base of 48 00 hours or greater would be avoided from that point forward and not be considered further within the bid group This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips of the specified time away from base that start within th
126. this chapter Global Reserve 5 E 7 d 1 2 3 5 E 7 e For Global Reserves available for the full Bid Period schedules shall be constructed with the following one period of six 6 consecutive HDOs and in a thirty 30 day month either two 2 periods of three 3 RDOs or three 3 periods of two 2 RDOs except that the start of one such period shall be an FDO or in a thirty one 31 day month either two 2 periods of two 2 RDOs and one 1 period of three 3 RDOs or one period of three 3 RDOs and one 1 period of four 4 RDOs except that the start of one such period shall be an FDO For Global Reserves available for a partial Bid Period schedules shall be constructed with one period of prorated HDOs Prorated patterns of RDOs shall be in accordance with a table maintained and published by the Company and the Association The start of one 1 period of RDOs shall be an FDO See tables published later in this chapter 1 in 7 Rule single day off 5 E 7 f v5 02 Each reserve line shall have a minimum of one 1 day off in each seven 7 day period Notwithstanding Sections 5 E 7 b 5 E 7 c 5 E 7 d and 5 E 7 e to provide one 1 day off in a seven 7 day period across Bid Periods a Pilot may allow for one 1 of his days off to be awarded within the first six 6 days of the Bid Period which shall not count as a day off period 77 Reserve Proration Table 5 E 5 b 30 Days Basic Use this
127. to lowest pool Avoid duty time within trip HBT 0230 0329 freeze ANF trips in lowest pool Award work L move remaining trips lower pool SHORTER TRIPS This bid excludes 5 day trips from consideration and then establishes a hierarchy of the remaining trips from longest least desirable to shortest most desirable It also tells PBS to use as few trips as is necessary in order to make a legal line Avoid trip length 4 freeze 5 day trips in supply pool Award trip length 4 L move 4 day trips from supply to lowest pool Award trip length 3 L move 3 day trips from supply to lower pool Award trip length 2 L move 2 day trips from supply to low pool Award trip length 1 N move 1 day trips from supply to neutral pool v5 02 73 10 0 PBS AWARD PARAMETERS The following tables are a summary of the UPA and FARs The source documents are controlling The company can apply buffers to these values in accordance with UPA 20 A 5 10 1 Flying Line Work Line Credit Range UPA 5 B 1 b Variable based on refer to UPA Personal Block Cap PBC UPA 5 B 4 b Variable as defined in UPA Max flight time in 672 consecutive hours FAR 117 23 100 hours Max flight time in 365 consecutive FAR 117 23 1000 hours calendar days Max flight duty period hours in FAR 117 23 60 hours 168 consecutive hours Max flight duty period hours in FAR 117 23 190 hours 672 consecutive hours 10 2 Flying Line Rest M
128. trip pools NOTE A work block is NOT a trip Be sure that you understand the definition of Work block prior to using these commands v5 02 52 NUMBER OF WORK BLOCKS SET Max Number of Work Blocks This Set command allows you to define the maximum number of work blocks awarded in your line For example if you were to say Set Max Number of Work Blocks to 3 all of your awarded flying would have to be contained within three work blocks NOTE A work block is NOT a trip Be sure that you understand the definition of Work block prior to using these commands MIN DAYS BETWEEN WORK BLOCKS SET Min Days Between Work Blocks This Set command allows you to define the minimum number of days off between work blocks For example if you were to say Set Min Days Between Work Blocks to 5 each group of days off in your line would have to be at least three days in length This includes days off between the last work block of the prior bid period and the first work block of the current bid period The system default for this parameter is two 2 days between work blocks This SET command is used increase the number of days between work blocks If you wish to decrease the number of days between work blocks to one 1 use the WAIVE command instead NOTE A work block is NOT a trip Be sure that you understand the definition of Work block prior to using these commands CAUTION Be sure to consider preassign
129. trips that operate in different geographical regions selectable from a drop down list The list is unique to each category and is populated from that category s trips in any specific bid period For example if you were to say Award Trip Type Pacific you would capture all trips that contained any Pacific flying This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips of the specified type that start within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time AVOID Trip Type This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid Trip Type South America all trips with any South American flying would be avoided from that point forward and not be considered further within the bid group This command has a Trip start home base qualifier That means that this command will capture any trips of the specified type that start within the time and date range that you specified referenced to your home base time WORK AWARD Work This Award command allows bidders to select all types of trips that operate within a specific day or date range with a single command For example if you were to say Award Work Mon Wed you would capture all trips of any length that operate entirely within the Monday to Wednesday range Unlike other Award commands you do not have the option to place limits on this command This command has a
130. u submitted may not have been awarded Below is a detailed explanation of the Reasons report Please refer to the diagrams as you go through the descriptions Your Reasons report contains a header with your specific information The first line includes your name employee number base and seat The second line contains information about the numbers of assignable and available trips at your seniority These numbers may be different depending on any preassignments or other conflicts you may have in the bid period or at the end of the prior bid period The third line tells you the total assigned credit and how much of that was preassigned The fourth line indicates which bid group you were awarded Roger Ramjet 01234 IAH FO 630 assignable trips found out of 631 available Assigned credit 83 35 Baseline preassigned credit 0 00 Bid Group 5 Awarded The next section of the Reasons report will contain information for each of your processed bid groups v5 02 62 Each bid group is contained within its own box and reflects specific information about your bid Your Set and Waive statements appear first just as they do when you are bidding Then your Award and Avoid statements appear in the order in which they were entered 112112 BID GROUP 1 1 SET LINE HIGH 83 50 90 00 2 AVOID WORK DATED 31May2013 00 00 077012013 23 59 31May2013 00 00 07Jun2013 23 59 3 AVOID WORK DATED 15Jun2013 00 00 17Jun2013
131. u want to capture all night flying or any other duty time as referenced to your home base body clock time instead of local time v5 02 38 FLIGHT NUMBER AWARD Flight Number This Award command allows you to select trips which include a specific flight number operating on bidder specified dates For example if you were to say Award Flight Number 1234 you would capture every instance of Flight 1234 for the entire month CAUTION Some flight numbers change throughout the month Caution should be used and your filters checked to be sure that the flights that you specified are the flights that you want This command has an Event local qualifier This means that this command will capture any trips with a specified flight number event contained within the date range that you specified referenced to local time Local time is the time zone where the event begins AVOID Flight Number This Avoid command operates similar to the Award command If you were to say Avoid flight number 1234 any trip that contained flight 1234 would be avoided from that point forward and would not be considered further within your bid group This command has an Event local qualifier This means that this command will capture any trips with a specified flight number event contained within the date range that you specified referenced to local time Local time is the time zone where the event begins FLYING WITH AWARD Flying With This Awar
132. ur line Trips placed in the Neutral pool have a neutral bias you are allowing PBS to decide whether or not to use them in your line Said another way trips in any of the High pools add to your total satisfaction they will continue to be used in your line until it reaches maximum credit minimum days off or some other illegality that prevents the addition of another trip Trips in any of the Low pools reduce your total satisfaction they will only be used in your line to the minimum extent necessary to make a legal line After the bid run the disposition of awarded trips from these weighted pools is displayed in the Bid Award report and the Reasons Report v5 02 5 3 2 Bidding Commands There are four basic categories of commands that are used to define the type of line you want SET WAIVE AWARD and AVOID These four commands are combined with specific trip or line characteristics to make bidding statements The SET and WAIVE commands do not apply to specific trips but rather define line characteristics as a whole These include things like credit range days off between work blocks consecutive days worked etc The AWARD and AVOID commands are used to populate the weighted trip pools with trips AWARD moves trips from one trip pool to another AVOID freezes trips in their current location Important mnemonic AWARD MOVE and AVOID FREEZE AWARD The AWARD command is used to find trips with a specific attribute and then
133. west to lower pool v5 02 72 MAXIMIZE DAYS OFF Although too simple to be of much practical use by itself this bid will maximize days off because all of the trips are one of the low pools It will also tend to result in a line with fewer longer trips as opposed to more shorter trips Remember when you put trips into any of the three low pools you are instructing PBS to use as few of those trips as is necessary to build your line Three 4 day trips is fewer total trips than six 2 day trips Award work L move all trips from supply to lowest pool MAXIMIZE WORK Also too simple to be of much practical use by itself this bid will tend to result in a line with more shorter trips Remember when you put trips into any of the three high pools you are instructing PBS to use as many of those trips as possible to build your line 18 1 day trips is more total trips than six 3 day trips Set line credit range high high credit time Award work move all trips from supply to highest pool NO ALL NIGHT FLYING This bid tells PBS that you prefer not to fly ANF trips but they are still available for assignment from the lowest pool in case you re too junior to hold exclusively non ANF trips It also tells PBS to use as few trips as is necessary in order to make a legal line The times shown here reflect the contractual definition of all night flying but you can use whatever works best for you Award work L move all trips from supply
134. your line Be careful with statements such as Award Trip length lt 4 days H This command by itself moves all trips of less than four days into the High pool and you are instructing PBS to use as many of these as possible when building your line In this simple example as many as possible could result in a line of 1 day trips Is that what you really wanted 9 5 Final Bid Group If all of your bid groups fail PBS will enter Completion Mode discussed earlier in this manual in order to build you a legal schedule A common cause of entering Completion Mode is overestimation of relative seniority see discussion earlier in this section If all of your bid groups are unrealistic for your seniority level Completion Mode is a definite possibility PBS enters Completion Mode from your final bid group If it is a line bid group you will enter Lineholder Completion Mode Likewise if your final submitted bid group is a reserve bid group you will enter Reserve Completion Mode CAUTION If you have lineholder seniority you re above the G line and you still wish to be awarded a flying line if all of your bid groups fail your final bid group needs to be a line bid group so you will enter Lineholder Completion Mode If all of your bid groups fail and your final bid group is a reserve bid group you will enter Reserve Completion Mode and you will likely receive a reserve line award v5 02 69 9 6 G line As defined by

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