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Updated Employee Checklist & Bidding To Avoid Specific Destinations

Due to the deadline on the recall, there may be inaccuracies in the Employee Checklist found in the block bid package for the October block month. Please refer to the Employee Checklist available on ACaéronet under >In-Flight Service >Crew Scheduling & Planning >Block Bid Package for the final version of the document.

For crew who prefer to not operate specific transborder or international destinations, we advise you to avoid bidding for them in PBS. To do so, select the option “Avoid Pairings if Any landings In” and add all of the applicable destination codes you wish to avoid.

As an additional component, to ensure that the system doesn’t also schedule you for deadhead legs into these destinations, please be sure to check the “Counting Deadhead Legs” box when indicating your preferences, as follows:

For more information on bidding with PBS, please contact your local PBS Representative.
YUL:  spp.pbs4091@gmail.com
YYZ:  pbsyyz@gmail.com
YYC:  pbs@local4095.ca
YVR:  pbs@local4094.ca

Training Bidding for the August 2020 Block Month

(This applies to Air Canada Mainline only)

*The information in this bulletin is subject to change.
Please refer to the official information from the Cabin Crew Training team.*

DON’T FORGET TO COVER YOURSELF WITH ADEQUATE CHOICES!!!

For more information on bidding with PBS please contact your local PBS Representative
YUL:  spp.pbs4091@gmail.com
YYZ:  pbsyyz@gmail.com
YYC:  pbs@local4095.ca
YVR:  pbs@local4094.ca

Click HERE for a printable, and downloadable, version of this bulletin.

PBS: Coverage + Bid Line Options

(This applies to Air Canada Mainline only)

During the Coverage Award (Unstacking) process PBS may need to deny Prefer Off and/or Avoid Pairings bid lines. There are a number of other bid line options that are not used during the Coverage Award process. These bid line options restrict the way the PBS award by blocking/preventing the awarding of other pairings that may also need to be assigned during the Coverage Award process. Once the Coverage Award process has been completed, bid line options that were not used for coverage will be used to complete your block if necessary.

Please click HERE to view an in depth bulletin that deals with this subject.

Training Bidding for the July 2020 Block Month

(This applies to Air Canada Mainline only)

*The information in this bulletin is subject to change.
Please refer to the official information from the Cabin Crew Training team.*

DON’T FORGET TO COVER YOURSELF WITH ADEQUATE CHOICES!!!

For more information on bidding with PBS please contact your local PBS Representative
YUL:  spp.pbs4091@gmail.com
YYZ:  pbsyyz@gmail.com
YYC:  pbs@local4095.ca
YVR:  pbs@local4094.ca

Click HERE for a printable, and downloadable, version of this bulletin.

PBS Bid Close for June 2020

We are able to extend the PBS Bid close in order to give you time to adjust your bid. This will not affect the Award Publish and/or contesting. Please see the new closing time below: