Not like other PBS Systems

SmartPref™ gives you transparency of the process, real-time information, and control. Unlike other PBS systems you may have seen or heard about, SmartPref™ keeps working after you have entered your bid.

SmartPref™ allows you to continue the bidding process right up until the last minute of bid closing. With SmartPref, you'll know how the crewmembers senior to you are bidding. You'll know what trips and what days off are still available to you as well as the days when the system is critical.

With the dynamic up-to-the minute status that SmartPref™ provides, you can and will bid more knowledgeably. And in the end, this knowledge will result in schedules that better suit your life. Access to information is the key to a better way of bidding. SmartPref™ makes it simple. Once you've experienced SmartPref™ you'll never be satisfied working with other systems.

SmartPref™ respects the crewmembers preferences

Unlike conventional bid line systems, SmartPref™ allows a crew member to get a selection of trips and days off that are unique and likely not available in a bid line system. It's crewmember specific. It avoids conflicts, respects preferences, yet insures that negotiated targets of utilization are met while allowing the crewmember to have direct input into the construction of their monthly schedules.

Throughout the bidding process, the application updates its files from the latest entries being made by all crewmembers, and produces visible results that are immediately sent out and displayed. A crewmember can review their line at any time throughout the bidding process to see if changes have occurred and if they need to adjust their bidding accordingly. The result is superior crewmember satisfaction based on realistic expectations.

Preferential Bidding is the future

Preferential Bidding or PBS as it is commonly referred to, is becoming increasingly relied upon by airlines. In an economic environment that requires a careful balance between efficiency and fairness to crewmembers SmartPref™ succeeds in meeting the needs of crewmembers.

PBS is a pairing allocation system that replaces the bid line and bid award processes. It's an individualized pairing allocation approach that awards trips and days off to crewmembers, in seniority order, according to their preferences, their legality and availability to fly the requested trips.

SmartPref™ is unique in that it gives the crewmember a real-time view of their Bid, allows them to change the bid as the bidding process evolves, try a number of bid scenarios, then choose the one that suits their lifestyle best and see their final bid as soon as it is available. All of this on-line from anywhere.

SmartPref™ is the future of bidding

SmartPref™'s patented business process leverages the power of the Internet, and enhanced mathematical modeling to move far beyond any PBS available today. To the crewmember, this means online bidding based on actual available inventory of trips at his seniority.

SmartPref™ uses a visual and web based approach that makes bidding easy to understand and refreshingly simple. No more typing of cryptic commands or worrying about a bad bid that you can't check and change easily.