Bidding
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Bidding
Bidding User Guide January 21, 2014 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding Table of Contents Bidding ................................................................................................................ 3 PBS ..................................................................................................................... 3 PBS access ......................................................................................................... 3 Vacancy Bidding Procedure ................................................................................ 7 Bid Packages .................................................................................................... 11 Displacement Bidding Overview ........................................................................ 18 Displacement Bidding Procedure ...................................................................... 20 2 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding Bidding Hover your cursor over Bidding in the CCS Main Menu tabs to display the available transactions. Select the desired transaction. PBS The Preferential Bidding System (PBS) is a computer optimization software that uses pilot input to build monthly schedules. Pilots can use up to 20 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. PBS access Step Action 1 Begin by navigating to CCS. 2 Hover your cursor over the Bidding tab and select PBS from the drop-down list. 3 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding 3 The PBS home screen displays. 4 Select desired Transaction from the drop down menu – Crew Info, Bidding, Disputes, or Exit PBS. 5 Please access Flying Together > Flight Ops > One United > Support, Tools, and Resources > PBS training videos for a user guide and training videos on PBS bidding. 4 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding 6 You have successfully completed navigation to PBS. End of procedure. Vacancy Bidding Overview Vacancies in Captain and First Officer Categories shall exist when there is a need for additional positions for an anticipated period of sixty (60) days or more. Vacancies shall be advertised at all Bases as far in advance as possible, but not later than thirty (30) days after such vacancy exists. A pilot desiring a change in Category may submit a bid for any Categories that he desires in preference order, which may remain on file indefinitely as a “standing vacancy bid” at the Pilot’s request. His standing vacancy bid shall be the pilot's official bid and may be revised at any time before the bid is closed. Also, standing vacancy bids shall be cancelled upon request or upon the award of a vacancy as a result of a bid. The Vacancy Bidding process will allow the pilot to input and maintain standing bids for Vacancy Bid awards. When the new Vacancy Bid Bulletin is posted, the pilot will see the new Vacancy Bid name, Posting date, Closing date, Awarding date, and the Effective date. Then, the pilot may enter bids. After all bid choices are selected, click the Save button to save the information. Bid choices can be changed until the bid period is closed. After the bid is saved a confirmation screen will display. This page can be printed for record keeping. After the Award date, the Vacancy Bid Award will be processed and an award notification will be sent only to the pilots who received an award different from their current category. A Vacancy Bulletin is posted on the Flying Together staffing page. It shows the Minimum (MIN) number of pilots which would be awarded in a category. The Maximum (MAX) is a forecast of the upper bound for each category. You can find this information on Flying Together. Go to Flight Ops Home > Scheduling > Pilot Scheduling. 5 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding Vacancy Bulletin Effective 12/30/2013 (January Bid Month) Posted: 9/23/2013 Closed: 10/7/2013 (12:00 Central Time) Retirements Active Base/Equip/Status 8/1 Thru 11/13 Pilots Min Max Vacancy Guidance/Comment SFO400CAP LAX400CAP 4 0 156 17 148 16 156 17 SFO400F/O LAX400F/O 400 CAP TOTAL 400 F/O TOTAL 0 0 4 0 324 46 173 370 307 43 164 350 324 46 173 370 EWR777CAP DCA777CAP ORD777CAP IAH777CAP LAX777CAP SFO777CAP SEA777CAP 1 8 6 1 3 0 0 151 150 99 51 36 71 13 143 142 94 48 34 67 12 151 150 99 51 36 71 13 Current pilots minus retirements For illustrative purposes only EFFECTIVE DATE:12/30/2013 TRAINING DATES:NOV, DEC, JAN Base/Equip/Status 8/1 Thru 11/13 Pilots Min Max JFK767CAP DCA767CAP ORD767CAP IAH767CAP DEN767CAP LAX767CAP SFO767CAP SEA767CAP 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 0 70 138 177 44 118 102 85 21 66 131 168 41 112 96 80 19 70 138 177 44 118 102 85 21 JFK767F/O DCA767F/O ORD767F/O IAH767F/O DEN767F/O LAX767F/O 0 0 0 1 1 0 101 183 214 88 109 97 95 173 203 83 103 92 101 183 214 88 109 97 Minimum # of pilots to be staffed in the vacancy Vacancy Guidance/Comment Maximum # of pilots to be staffed in the award The Bid Percentage represents your desired seniority position in a category. It is applied at the time of the award. The final number of pilots within this range considers vacancies, pilots bidding out and possible secondary assignments occurring in the final award. The Bid Percentage is applied to awarded final number of pilots staffed to this category. For example, let’s assume LAX737CAP’s has a staffing MIN of 96 and a MAX of 102. The final award has 100 active pilots. An award of a 50% bid would mean your seniority is in the top 50 pilots of the category. This % is a point in time, at the time of the award. Changes in staffing at a category can occur due to new vacancies, displacements, and other types of assignments. Details about the Vacancy system are available in the UPA under Section 8-C. The processes above were further defined by the ALPA/United Joint Implementation Team. 6 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding Vacancy Bidding Procedure Step Action 1 Begin by navigating to CCS. 2 Hover your cursor over the Bidding tab and select Vacancy Bidding from the dropdown list. 7 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding 3 When the Vacancy Bid opens and is available, the following pilot information will display: Employee’s ID, Name, date the bid choices were Last Saved On, Staffed Position, Starting Position (as most recently awarded), and Seniority. There is a relative seniority display from the previous award for reference. It is important to note the disclaimers associated with this tool. Note: This is for information purposes only. 1. It shows your relative seniority in each Category had you held that Category on the previous award. 2. This grid does not in any way reflect the possible results of the current Vacancy Bid offering. 4 To begin the bidding process, select options from the Category drop-down list. Next, enter the seniority percentage you would like to hold. Note: A Pilot may use percentage bidding, selectable on a single-percentagepoint basis, to bid a relative position within a Category. This percentage shall be applied at the time the Pilot’s bid is processed, and shall be calculated based upon the Pilot’s relative position (if given the award) compared to the final number of position. 8 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding 5 Click the Add button to add the bid selection to the table. Repeat these steps, as necessary, to add additional bid choices. 6 To reorder or remove a bid selection, select and highlight the desired row in the table and click the Insert Above or Remove button. 9 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding 7 When finished entering bid choices, click the Save button to save the bid choices. 8 After saving, the system will display the bid confirmation. 9 Print the confirmation page of the committed bid choices for personal records. 10 Select the Return option to access the Vacancy Bid screen or the Logoff tab to exit the system. 11 You have successfully completed a vacancy bid. End of procedure. 10 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding Bid Packages Step Action 1 Begin by navigating to CCS. 2 Hover the cursor over the Bidding tab and select Bid Packages. 3 The Bid Package screen displays. There are 3 sections of the screen with additional information: Bid Package Information, Bid Packages, and E Trips. 11 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding 4 Select the document you would like to view in the Bid Package Information window. A new browser window will open and display the document. This information can be saved or printed. Bid Period Information will contain general information regarding Recurrent Training Bid, Scheduling Phone Numbers, Charter Briefing Information location, and Pairing Number Matrix explanation. Information in this document is consistent from month to month with minor changes. This is currently formatted as a Word document. In the future, this document will be available in both Word and PDF format. Monthly Pairing Overview will contain a message from Crew Planning regarding the monthly overview, changes, crew planning contact information, International, and Domestic Reports. Information in this document is specific to the current month. This is currently formatted as a Word document. In the future, this document will be available in both Word and PDF formats. 12 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding Fleet Codes contain mainline and express fleet information. This is currently formatted as an Excel document. In the future, this document will be available in both Excel and PDF format. 5 The second Section contains the Bid Packages. Select the Bid Package you would like to view. A new browser window will display containing the document. This information can be saved or printed. These documents are formatted as PDF. To view these documents in Word format, select “Click here to change Bid Packages to Word (doc) format” located at the top of the screen. 13 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding Below is an example of the EWR 756 Jan Bid Period. 6 Below, find a detailed explanation of the Trip. 1. Effective date range of operation. The first date this trip will operate is Jan 5. The last date this trip will operate is Jan 25. The calendar on the right displays calendar days of operation. 2. Identifier or Name of the Trip/Pairing E3099; Basic or Global. 3. Report Time LCL 4. Equipment Type 14 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding 5. Flt Number 6. Departure Airport 7. Arrival Airport 8. Departure Time LCL 9. Arrival Time LCL 10. Ground Time before next segment (Layover Time – on last segment of the day) 11. Meals available on the flight B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=Dinner, S=Snack. 12. Flight Time. 13. Accumulated Flight time. These values are the same in this example because there is only one segment. 14. Total Time on Duty for that duty period. 15. Duty Credit/Duty Period Penalty Time/Duty Period Soft Time for that duty period. 15 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding 16. Release Time LCL 17. Hotel Name 18. Hotel Phone Number 19. Operations Phone Number 20. Transportation Name 21. Transportation Phone Number 22. DH – Deadhead indicator OA – other airline deadhead 23. Total number of days included in the Trip/Pairing 24. Total Bid/Credit/Pay Time 25. Total Flight Time 26. Total Scheduled Time Away From Base 27. INT – International Time 28. M$ – Per Diem in dollars 29. T/C – Pairing Credit/Pairing Penalty Time/Pairing Soft Time 16 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding 7 The third section contains the E-Trips. Select the E-Trips that you would like to display. A new browser window will display containing the document. This information can be saved or printed. These documents are formatted as Excel. In the future, these documents will be available in both Excel and PDF format. 8 Below is an example of the EWR 756 Jan Bid Period. This document is designed as a tool for pilots to select pairings during the bid process. When this document is opened in Excel, trips can be sorted by ID #, Bid Value, Time Away, Days, Flt #, Start time on first day, End Time on last day, Position, Layover Station, or Date. 9 You have successfully reviewed the information located in Bid Packages. End of procedure. 17 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding Displacement Bidding Overview Displacements in Captain and First Officer Categories shall exist when there is a need to reduce positions. The following applies to displacements concerning a category closure. Additional information will be provided for partial displacements when needed. The displacement bidding process is very similar to Vacancy Bidding. However, only bids submitted for the displaced category will be effective. There is no reason for pilots in other categories to submit bids. Other than the affected category, no pilot can be displaced from his/her category by virtue of a displacement award. A displaced pilot will submit a bid for categories desired in preference order. Displacement bids will be cancelled after the award of the Displacement. When a new Displacement Bid Bulletin is posted, the pilot will see the Displacement Bid name, the Base affected, Posting, Closing and Awarding dates, and the Bid Effective date. Then, the pilot may enter bids. Following the posting of the displacement bulletin, a pilot may input their preferences in CCS via the displacement bid procedure. This procedure is outlined below. After all bid choices are selected, click the Save button to submit your preferences. Bid choices can be changed until the bid period is closed. After the bid is saved a confirmation screen will be displayed. We recommend printing a copy for your records. After the Award date, the Displacement Bid Award will be processed and an award notification will be sent. A Displacement Bulletin is posted on the Flying Together Staffing page. It shows the Minimum (MIN) number of pilots which would be awarded in a category. The Maximum (MAX) is a forecast of the upper boundary for each category. This, too is similar to the Vacancy Bid process; however, the affected Base’s posting will indicate the positions to be reduced given the number of active pilots at the time of posting. Providing one’s seniority can hold entry into a category, a displaced pilot is eligible for an award regardless of the posted MIN or MAX. The MIN and MAX are shown for future reference only. You can find this information on Flying Together. Navigate to Flying Together > Flight Operations >Staffing. 18 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding The Bid Percentage represents your desired seniority position in a category. It is applied at the time of the award. The Bid Percentage is applied to the awarded final number of pilots staffed to this category. For example, let’s assume we are displacing SEA777 F/O’s; LAX737CAP’s has a staffing MIN of 96 and a MAX of 102. The final award has 104 active pilots. An award of a 50% bid would mean your seniority is in the top 52 pilots of the category. This % is a point in time, at the time of the award. Details about the Displacement system are available in UPA Section 8-E. The processes above were further defined by the ALPA/United Joint Implementation Team. If you are named in the displacement you will need to bid something at 100% that your seniority can hold in the Jr. Man report. There is also a Jr. Man report indicating the junior-most assigned pilot to that category to assist in your evaluation. 19 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding Displacement Bidding Procedure Step Action 1 Begin by navigating to CCS. 2 Hover your cursor over the Bidding tab and select Displacement Bidding from the drop-down menu. 3 When a Displacement Bid is open and available, the following pilot information will display: Employee’s ID, Name, date the bid choices were Last Saved On, Staffed Position, Starting Position (as most recently awarded), and Seniority. There is a relative seniority display from the previous award for reference. It is important to note the disclaimers associated with this tool. 20 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding 4 To begin the bidding process, select options from the Category drop-down list. Next, enter the seniority percentage desired. Note: A Pilot may use percentage bidding, selectable on a single-percentagepoint basis, to bid a relative position within a Category. This percentage shall be applied at the time the Pilot’s bid is processed and shall be calculated based upon the Pilot’s relative position (if awarded) compared to the final number of position. 5 Click the Add button to add the bid selection to the table. Repeat these steps, as necessary, to add additional bid choices. 21 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding 6 To reorder or remove a bid selection, select the desired row in the table and click the Insert Above or Remove button. 7 When finished entering bid choices, click the Save button to save the bid choices. 22 Crew Communication System Pilot’s User Guide: Bidding 8 After saving, the system will display the bid confirmation. 9 Print the confirmation page of the committed bid choices for personal records. 10 Select the Return option to access the Displacement Bid screen or the Logoff tab to exit the system. 11 You have successfully completed a Displacement bid. End of procedure. 23