Build your bid. Know what you can hold.
Tell it the month you want and it builds your regular lineholder layers from your seniority and the loaded bid data. Or ask what you'd hold at another base, fleet, or seat — it knows your rank everywhere, so you can weigh an upgrade or transfer before you bid it.
A senior pilot who knows PBS cold — not a form.
You don't fill in dropdowns. You tell it what you want out of the month — weekends off, no red-eyes, home for the kids, max credit, commutable — and it does the rest. It already has your rank, base, fleet, last month's award, and the real pairing data, so the layers it builds are specific and realistic, not generic PBS advice.
- Plain-English in — L1-L7 regular lineholder layers out
- Real report times, credit ranges, days, and layover cities
- It tells you why each layer is set the way it is
- Honest about what your seniority can and can't hold
From "what you want" to a bid you can submit.
Describe your month.
In life terms, not PBS terms. "Weekends off, nothing over 3 days, home by dinner." A screenshot of your standing bid helps it dial in.
L1-L7 regular layers, specific settings.
Exact report windows, credit ranges, days, and real layover cities — ordered most-important first, with the reasoning for each. Reserve layers are handled separately from regular lineholder bids.
Copy them into PBS.
The layers come back as a clean numbered list you can keep open while entering PBS. Screenshot it, enter it in PBS, adjust anything you want first.
Code does the PBS work. AI shapes the explanation.
Loaded data first
AskPubs uses the current roster, bid package, pairing data, and award history loaded for your base, fleet, and seat. If a month or slice is missing, it tells you instead of pretending.
Holdability from facts
It compares your seniority position against actual awards, layer distribution, LCW, MALV, IMAX, weekends, credit, and days off — then explains what looks realistic.
AI is not the source
Claude does not decide what you can hold from memory. AskPubs code gathers the evidence and constraints first; Claude molds the final answer from that context.
Real PBS questions, not generic prompts.
Holdability
"Can I hold weekends off as a DFW 737 FO?" "What did pilots around my seniority actually get awarded?" "What does IMAX do to my LCW?"
Strategy
"Build a max-credit bid with no redeyes and commutable reports." "I need the 12th and 19th off — what should I protect first?"
Career moves
"What could I hold if I upgrade to PHL 320 Captain?" "Would ORD 737 or CLT 777 be more livable at my seniority?"
Everything it needs to bid for you.
Where you stand
Your seniority number, percentile, and bid position at your base and fleet — the real number from the live roster, not an estimate.
What you held
Last month's award — layer, credit hours, days off, weekends, LCW, MALV, and IMAX when applicable — used as the most direct predictor of what's realistic next.
What you can hold
Layer distribution against your rank, at your base and others — useful when you're weighing a transfer or a new strategy.
The numbers that matter
Line Construction Window, Minimum Average Line Value, IMAX limits, and when the bid packages open and close.
It's already part of AskPubs.
One login, one assistant — the books, the contract, and your bid. Nothing extra to set up.
Get AppFree for verified AA pilots · no credit card