BidCheck

Your roster, everywhere: forward your ARMS roster email to up to 5 other apps automatically. Plus a redesigned swaps hub with clearer trip trades.

BidCheck takes the complexity out of PBS roster bidding for airline pilots.

Your ARMS pattern book is already loaded. Just describe what you want in plain English — leave dates, port preferences, days off, layovers — and BidCheck generates a complete, optimised bid sheet ready to submit. Trade trips, swap leave, and stay on top of every A-day contact window from the same app.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Select the current bid period
2. Describe your preferences in plain English (your "bid brief") — typed or spoken
3. BidCheck analyses every eligible pattern and builds an optimised bid sheet
4. Review your bid sheet and submit

BUILT FOR HOW BIDDING ACTUALLY WORKS

• Divisor & MNX window management — BidCheck targets your credit hours and stays within your acceptable range • Tiered fallback bidding — primary bids at 1000pts, cascading fallbacks at 900, 800, 700... so PBS always has an alternative • Stacking day-off bids — cascading bids that narrow inward from your requested range, maximising points if PBS can only grant a partial range • Leave-aware scheduling — leave credit is factored into your divisor maths automatically; day-based blocking (not week-based) • Credit filler patterns — short domestic returns used to top up credit without burning calendar days • Considerations — pin birthdays, weddings, exams or any key date and the optimiser bids around them • Voice bidding — dictate your bid brief on-device, hands free • Buddy Bidding — link with a flying partner and BidCheck coordinates your bids to maximise overlapping days off and layovers together

TRIP, BASE & LEAVE SWAPS

• Trip Swaps — propose a one-for-one trade with a same-base pilot or buddy. BidCheck pre-checks crewing rules and the 145h minimum guarantee and drafts the ARMS email when both sides agree. • Swap Board — post "want any Rome" or "want anything 14–21 May off" and see the full cohort of pilots whose trips could match, with privacy-preserving labels until someone taps Interested. • Base Swaps (Beta) — trade your whole line for a bid period with a pilot at another base. Rotation positions on every card, server-side legality, ARMS hand-off when both sides agree. • Leave Swaps — trade Annual Leave blocks with other pilots, any length, any future bid period.

ROSTER CALENDAR SYNC

• Forward your ARMS roster email to your unique BidCheck address — your schedule is parsed automatically • Subscribe via iCal to see your roster in Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Outlook • Tap any trip in the calendar grid for full pattern details — flights, destinations, report times, credit, and TAFB allowance • Crewing-modified patterns (X-codes) show the actual assigned times, not the original pattern book data • Optional "Show full roster" toggle adds X days, leave, and rest events to the iCal feed

STAY AHEAD OF CONTACT WINDOWS

• A-day contact-window reminders for BLH (Blank Line Holders) and PLH (Pattern Line Holders), timed differently for each • RM54 last-duty-free call-in reminders, suppressed during MBTT • 15-4 pre-duty call-in window reminders before sign-on

UNDERSTANDS NATURAL LANGUAGE

Your bid brief is plain English. Write it like you'd explain it to a colleague: "My daughter's birthday is 16 Apr so latest I can depart is the 11th. Max one Paris. Prefer weekends off."

BidCheck interprets your intent — no rigid forms or tick boxes.

SIGN IN

Sign in with Apple or Google. Link both to one account if you want either path on any device.

SUBSCRIPTION

• 2-month free trial — no payment method required • Bimonthly: $17.99 AUD • Annual: $49.99 AUD

Optimisation limits apply per bid period based on plan.

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