PBS-style crew bidding for Part 121 air carriers — monthly bid packages per base, equipment, and position, awarded in seniority order by a deterministic run. Pilots without an awardable line fall to the reserve pool, and the same workspace handles open-time trades. No external marketplace; your own pilot group, your own seniority list.
Monthly packages per base × equipment × position, moving DRAFT → OPEN → CLOSED → AWARDED → PUBLISHED. Pilots bid from the portal in classic LINE mode or rule-based PBS.
The award engine is a pure function: the same package and bids always produce the same lines. Re-run after a correction and it replaces the prior awards cleanly — no stacked duplicates.
Pilots without an awardable line fall to a reserve pool tracked LONG_CALL / SHORT_CALL with callouts. Open-time trades handle drop / pickup / swap, with a FAR 117 check on every one.
Reserve crew tracks as LONG_CALL and SHORT_CALL with callout and no-contact handling, so the crew desk knows who's available and who's been used. On the open-time board, pilots request drops, pickups, and swaps — a planner approves, and a clean trade with no FAR 117 duty/rest violation can auto-approve so the desk isn't a bottleneck.
Yes — bidding runs inside AviationAlley in classic LINE mode or rule-based PBS, processed in seniority order, with monthly packages per base × equipment × position. Pilots bid from the portal; awards publish to them once the package is published. It is a crew-bidding system, not an aircraft-charter marketplace.
The award engine is deterministic and idempotent: feed it the same package and bids and it produces the same lines every time. Re-running after a correction cleanly replaces the prior awards rather than stacking duplicates — so you can re-run without drift. Pilots without an awardable line fall to a reserve pool.
Yes. Reserve crew tracks as LONG_CALL and SHORT_CALL with callout and no-contact handling, so the crew desk knows who's available and who's been used. Reserve coverage lives in the same system as the lines it backs up — not a separate sheet.
Yes. The open-time board supports drop / pickup / swap requests. A planner approves, and a trade that creates no FAR 117 duty/rest violation can auto-approve so the desk isn't a bottleneck on clean trades — every trade still runs the legality check.
No. This is in-house Part 121 crew bidding inside AviationAlley — seniority-based bid packages, an award run, reserve management, and open-time trades for your own pilot group. It is not an Avinode-style external marketplace and does not connect to one.