RLH bidding in Open Time
Obira you raise some interesting points.
Having often tried to bid in O/T as a RLH I would have more chance of getting a date with Elle Mcpherson than getting awarded a trip that I have bid for.
Challenging a scheduling clerk usually gets a terse response.They tend to think that they are a law unto themselves.
Save aggrivation and apply a PRO usually solves all problems.The system actually encourages PROs.It it was more transparent sick leave would go down.OPs havent figured that out yet.No one has a user manual regarding this 20 year old system.Very few have ever been trained in its use.There are a couple of crew who were Work Systems Advisors(or something like that)who are only too happy to help out.One of them certainly made a difference to my bidding .
Its still a mystery to many.The company likes to keep it that way