Workshop

ALPA Scheduling Workshop: Preferential Bidding Systems

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McLean, Va.

ALPA’s Economic & Financial Analysis Department is pleased to announce our next Scheduling Workshop: Preferential Bidding Systems (PBS). The two-day event will provide a unique collaborative opportunity for Scheduling Committee members, including their active monthly scheduling experts.

Discussions will include: 

  • PBS parameters

  • Contractual provisions surrounding PBS

  • Implementation and best practices

  • Specific PBS vendors breakouts, particularly, NavBlue, AdOpt, and any others per requests

If you have suggestions for additional discussion topics, please email Adam Brendle at Adam.Brendle@alpa.org.

This is a union-only function for PBS experts and Scheduling Committee members with no company or vendor participation. 

When

The workshop will begin at 9:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, February 24, and is scheduled to conclude at 2:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, February 25. Full daily schedule TBD. 

Where

ALPA Offices at Valo Park
7950 Jones Branch Drive, Suite 400S
McLean, Va.

Expenses and Lodging

Breakfast is included with hotel reservation. Lunch will be provided each day. Dinner is at your discretion, but we will have a suggested gathering location.

Your pilot group’s Master Executive Council or union budget is responsible for all other expenses (travel, lodging, meals, and flight pay loss); please confirm your plan to attend with your appropriate officer(s). 

A block of rooms is available for attendees at the Marriott Tysons Corner. ALPA event planning will direct bill your MEC unless you inform us that you would like to expense it. Non-ALPA unions are responsible for self-pay. Hotel booking is available through the event registration page.

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Scheduling Workshop Series

This PBS Workshop is part of an ongoing series of topical workshops. Prior Scheduling Workshops included PBS, Pairing/Rotation Construction, and Day of Operations/Crew Desk. 

Questions

Please contact Jeff Nooger, ALPA senior scheduling & work rule analyst, at Jeff.Nooger@alpa.org  or Adam Brendle at Adam.Brendle@alpa.org if you have any questions or issues.