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The Trusted ALPA-produced podcast brings the pilots of Frontier Airlines reliable membership news and information. Additional Search Terms: Five by Five, 5 by 5, 5X5, Five X Five
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Monday May 15, 2023
Monday May 15, 2023
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.
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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
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