Getting the Most Out of Your Airline’s Preferential Bidding System

Commercial pilot Sam Weigel explains how a working knowledge of an airline’s preferential bidding system will provide major gains for a pilot’s quality of life.

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Updated Dec 19, 2022 9:21 AM EST

V1 Rotate’s Sam Weigel explains that whether you’re making the jump from flight instructing to the regional airlines, or getting out of the military and getting on with a major, it will be worth your while to learn everything you can about your airline’s preferential bidding system.

V1 Rotate's Sam Weigel talks about how creative bidding strategies can make an airline pilot's life go from good to great. When you're new and junior, you may not see much of a difference at first, but as you gain seniority, you'll find major gains to your quality of life.

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Sam Weigel has been an airplane nut since an early age, and when he's not flying the Boeing 737 for work, he enjoys going low and slow in vintage taildraggers. He and his wife live west of Seattle, where they are building an aviation homestead on a private 2,400-foot grass airstrip.