November '10 Bid's Award & Reason Report

What the...!? That didn't turn out the way I had anticipated. While it would be easy to blame this on shenanigans, I know that this (should be) my fault. I can't help but wonder if I'm just bidding too restrictively.

3 CN's? I've never had that many.

It's 9:00AM, Do You Know Where Your Bid Is? November 19th, 2010

   If you are like the majority of our crewmember population you spent your Monday hitting your refresh button somewhere between 3 and 4 hundred times. While it is maddening to see that our awards haven't been posted yet, it isn't surprising. The 17th was a Sunday and you know that the PBS staff isn't in the office on Sunday. Plus, as you can imagine, This is the bid for November and nearly every crewmember we have has bid for the 25th off.  That's a lot of problems to solve. Frankly, I'd be worried if it didn't take long to solve.

Good luck everyone!

November '10 Bid's Strategy in Bidding and Christmas Tree:

Each month I offer my Strategy in Bidding and Christmas Tree. Both are necessary to determine how one should bid in a given month. For me, it takes a more critical look to determine I'm doing everything right. I have a friend of mine here in COS that realized earlier in the week that she had completed her bid without thinking about Thanksgiving or her Anniversary. Thankfully she caught it well before the 17th, but that is the sort of thing that happens. We forget about important events and plans easily, so taking a closer look is critical.

For the first time in my 4 years and 5 months at SkyWest, I've been awarded vacation time over a holiday. No working Thanksgiving for me! That makes my bid so easy. On top of that, we don't have a SIA meeting during Novemeber, it's scheduled for the first part of December so my bid just got real, real easy.

November '10 Bid's Nuts and Bolts

Welcome to the Holidays!

Or should I say beware? Like it or not, it is that time of year again and I don't even have to say just how important your bid is. We all know that if there were ever a month to have a perfect line, it's in November and December. So If you're wondering about Colorado Springs, you've come to the right place