Captain Jason DuVernay sits down with PBS Chairman, Captain Matt Pease and PBS Committee Member, Captain Dave Coons to discuss our NavBlue PBS System. This wide-ranging conversation covers questions for novice and expert bidders. Common mistakes, vacation intricacies, and training bids are a small part of what we cover. Learn how to better avoid redeyes, maximize your vacation months and make PBS work for you.
Time Stamps
00:47 - What does the PBS Committee do?
01:38 - How the PBS Committee is involved in bid runs
02:24 - Committee input on pairing construction
03:09 - Using the Dart system properly
04:43 - How PBS is different from our old process
05:47 - Transparency in the bidding process
07:19 - Unstacking/Coverage - How it works and who it effects
09:18 - Biggest mistakes, setting a backstop
12:01 - Avoiding redeye flights
13:26 - Waiving
15:05 - Denial mode
15:53 - The importance of proper negative bid preferences
16:38 - Understanding credit windows
18:43 - Transitioning from one bid group to another
20:18 - Training videos on ALPA website
21:00 - "RLL" Reduced Lower Limit Lines
22:38 - Importance of default bid
23:30 - Syncing more than two bid periods and why you might want to do it
25:38 - How reserve bidding works
31:44 - Pattern bidding, common mistakes leading to frustration
34:05 - Vacation Adjustment Period
39:25 - Vacation Any and further sliding in NavBlue
44:14 - Bidding for training
49:27 - What Golden Days are and how they work
