Note: Administrator allocation requirements must be met and take top priority. This means bid preferences can be denied to meet these requirements; however, senior bid preferences are not denied to meet bid preferences of junior crewmembers.
Two Crew Members with Must Go Requirements
Both crewmembers are flagged as must go and there are only 2 training patterns available, A and B
The senior crewmember can legally take A and B but would prefer to take A
The junior crewmember cannot legally take B and can only attend A
Result
The N-PBS Scheduler would award B to the senior crewmember and the junior would get A. The need to allocate all training to all crewmembers flagged as must go takes priority over bid preferences. Senior bid preferences can also be denied to meet the administrator requirements for may go.
Two Crew Members with May Go and Must Go Requirements
The senior crewmember's requirement is flagged as may go while the junior crewmember's requirement is flagged as must go and there are only 2 training patterns available: A and B.
The senior has volunteered for training and would prefer to take A and can legally take A or B.
The junior crewmember would prefer A and can legally take A or B.
Result
The N-PBS Scheduler would award A to the senior and the junior would be awarded B.
Crew Members with Early Requirements
Senior crewmembers flagged as early also have priority over junior crewmembers provided the administrator requirements are satisfied.
If the minimum May Go requirement has been met, the senior May Go bidder can avoid training and the N-PBS Scheduler will force training, if required, on junior Early crewmembers.
Note: Early is not used in all configurations of the Training Module.