A journal by a SkyWest crew member who seeks to better himself on the Preferential Bidding System (PBS) and schedule topics. CN and PN free since 2010!
Sunday, November 12, 2017
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Sunday, September 17, 2017
September Award and October Bid
Greetings Readers or the Lack Thereof,
I won't be doing a video this month since I haven't attracted the additional viewers I wanted to. There are a couple other reasons that make me not want to continue that... but I'll at least try to blog for my own benefit and if it helps you, fantastic.
In September my PBS line award consisted of two layer ones, a layer three and a layer four. My last video explains that the lack of flying was pretty severe. The award was what I expected even though I cringe at the thought. October has turned out to be nearly an exact copy of September. It is frustrating to say the least.
We have 213 total trips for October. We had 212 in September. Frustrating.
There are 61 bidding flight attendants, just like September. Okay.
18 reserves in COS. Still the highest percentage of reserves in a domicile in the company. Meanwhile SAN and BOI have ZERO reserves. Super Frustrating.
Like last month, ORD's domicile alone has over 35 pairings that overnight in COS. They're all multiple FA parings too... so, 70 opportunities a month that I could potentially hold an overnight in COS if I were based there. What about DEN? What about LAX? How many crews a night overnight in my domicile? How many take trips from us? It is a lot. It is a massive amount. Heck, more than half of ORD's pairings are on birds that I have specifically spent hundreds and hundreds of hours working on... but now Colorado Springs isn't good enough to get work those anymore. Sorry for the rant, but it is terribly frustrating that I'm in a domicile surround by out-of-domicile newbies who don't even know we have a domicile here. I've been in that position before. Overnighting in PSP or FAT or TUS. TUS is the only one who didn't fair well. After PHX opened, TUS died. I don't even understand why they keep it open with the 6 crews that they have there. I'm afraid that is what is happening to COS. It is sad. PSP and FAT are currently fairing much better than we are.
If I look at my line award for September, I can imagine how changes to my bid might effect me. Still, now is the time that I need to start looking to November and December. If this gets any worse I will be forced to transfer. October's line award is going to give me the information I need.
I won't be doing a video this month since I haven't attracted the additional viewers I wanted to. There are a couple other reasons that make me not want to continue that... but I'll at least try to blog for my own benefit and if it helps you, fantastic.
In September my PBS line award consisted of two layer ones, a layer three and a layer four. My last video explains that the lack of flying was pretty severe. The award was what I expected even though I cringe at the thought. October has turned out to be nearly an exact copy of September. It is frustrating to say the least.
We have 213 total trips for October. We had 212 in September. Frustrating.
There are 61 bidding flight attendants, just like September. Okay.
18 reserves in COS. Still the highest percentage of reserves in a domicile in the company. Meanwhile SAN and BOI have ZERO reserves. Super Frustrating.
Like last month, ORD's domicile alone has over 35 pairings that overnight in COS. They're all multiple FA parings too... so, 70 opportunities a month that I could potentially hold an overnight in COS if I were based there. What about DEN? What about LAX? How many crews a night overnight in my domicile? How many take trips from us? It is a lot. It is a massive amount. Heck, more than half of ORD's pairings are on birds that I have specifically spent hundreds and hundreds of hours working on... but now Colorado Springs isn't good enough to get work those anymore. Sorry for the rant, but it is terribly frustrating that I'm in a domicile surround by out-of-domicile newbies who don't even know we have a domicile here. I've been in that position before. Overnighting in PSP or FAT or TUS. TUS is the only one who didn't fair well. After PHX opened, TUS died. I don't even understand why they keep it open with the 6 crews that they have there. I'm afraid that is what is happening to COS. It is sad. PSP and FAT are currently fairing much better than we are.
If I look at my line award for September, I can imagine how changes to my bid might effect me. Still, now is the time that I need to start looking to November and December. If this gets any worse I will be forced to transfer. October's line award is going to give me the information I need.
Friday, September 15, 2017
Sunday, August 13, 2017
Saturday, August 5, 2017
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
How to Clean Luggage Wheels.
If you are a crewmember... you'll probably need to do this at some point.
Monday, July 3, 2017
How I Pack My Luggage
This isn't such a hot topic, but one that there are folks who want to know. How do you pack clothing for a four-day trip? I hope you enjoy the video.
Tuesday, June 20, 2017
Monday, June 19, 2017
PBS Backdoor
It is the 15:20MDT on the 19th of June.
July is going to be a busy month and I have to plan a lot. Most of my planning will revolve around time off. But PBS hasn't published the lines yet. It is really, really, really, annoying. Funny how the PBS computer takes longer to publish the lines when the 18th falls on a weekend. Right?
Anyway, the "back door" has just become accessible. I am currently looking at my time off while everyone else is wondering about theirs.
Here is how to view the back door:
July is going to be a busy month and I have to plan a lot. Most of my planning will revolve around time off. But PBS hasn't published the lines yet. It is really, really, really, annoying. Funny how the PBS computer takes longer to publish the lines when the 18th falls on a weekend. Right?
Anyway, the "back door" has just become accessible. I am currently looking at my time off while everyone else is wondering about theirs.
Here is how to view the back door:
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
Three Years Later
Salutations,
I am back! After three years I am starting to think that I may try to do this again, but maybe in a different fashion than before. Anyone like videos?
I am back! After three years I am starting to think that I may try to do this again, but maybe in a different fashion than before. Anyone like videos?