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BidBudd.ai

A bid-building assistant for Southwest Airlines pilots. Load the month's packet, automatically or manually rank every line, see what each one really pays and flys, and send your bid. Powerful...simple.

iPad · Web · Android Tablet

What it does

Every month Crew Planning publishes hundreds of lines per base and seat. BidBudd.ai turns that packet into a sortable, filterable list, adjusts the numbers for your own situation, and gives you a drag-and-drop bid list ready to submit.

Packets

Every base, seat and round

Pick your base, Captain or First Officer, bid month and round. Lines, pairings and the seniority list are parsed from the published packet, cached on the server, and ready in seconds. Saved packets stay available offline.

Sorting

Weighted multi-sort

Stack as many sort criteria as you like and give each a weight. Days off, TFP, trip length, overnight cities, report and release times, aircraft, deadheads, red-eyes and dozens more. Undo, redo and reset at any point.

Filtering

Filters and search

Narrow the list by specific days off or worked, day of week, ConUS or international, ETOPS, reserve, nonstop only, max connections, leaves and events. Search by line, pairing or overnight city.

My Bids

Build the bid list

Tap a line to add it to My Bids, reorder by drag and drop, and work side by side in landscape split view. Line and bid audits catch problems before you submit.

Assistant

Bid Assistant chat

Ask in plain English. "Show me 4-day trips with Friday off and no red-eyes," or "tune my sorts to match this order." The assistant works from the exact line values on your screen and can apply an order or a filter for you.

Submit

Submit and track

Send your finished bid straight from the app. When awards post, BidBudd.ai pulls them in and shows what you got.

Know what a line really pays

Published credit is only the starting point. BidBudd.ai re-computes each line for your calendar so you can compare lines on what you will actually be paid and actually be home.

Vacation and VO Predictor

Enter your vacation and the app recalculates every line for vacation pay and overlap, splitting trips by the contract rules. The Vacation Confidence Check compares against SWAPtimizer® so you know which values to trust.

Military leave (MILOA)

Enter one or more MILOA blocks and the app predicts trip pulls and splits using the current split points, with full rigs, so military pilots see realistic line values.

Training and month-boundary overlap

Training dates and trips that carry in from the prior month are reflected on the calendar and in the line totals, with an Overlap Correction Audit to show the math.

Holiday pay and line guarantee

Holiday pay and guarantee top-ups are shown beside the published TFP, never hidden inside it, so Total Pay is clear at a glance.

Commuto™

Commuters enter their home airport and the app uses the real timetable to compute time away from home, first-day rest and commute days for each line.

Model User

Model another seniority number to see how a bid would play out for a different pilot, or to plan for an upcoming seat change.

TFPVac-Adjusted TFPDays OffWork DaysDuty Periods Block HoursTAFBTAFHLegsDeadheadsAircraft Changes Ground TimeOvernight LengthOvernight CitiesAM / PM / Red-eye ConUSETOPSReserve DaysReport TimeRelease Time Trip LengthELITTHoliday PayLine Guarantee

How a bid month goes

  1. Packets postBidBudd.ai watches Crew Planning, downloads the new packets and awards automatically, and sends you a push, SMS or WhatsApp alert the moment they are ready.
  2. Set up your monthConfirm your base, seat and round. Enter vacation, MILOA, training or commute details once; they apply to every line.
  3. Sort, filter and compareRank the packet with weighted sorts, filter to what matters, and ask the Bid Assistant to help find or order lines.
  4. Build My BidsAdd lines, drag them into order, and run the bid audit.
  5. SubmitSend the bid from the app. Close reminders arrive 24 hours and 2 hours before the deadline so nothing slips.
  6. AwardsWhen awards post, they are pulled in and shown next to what you bid.

Where it runs

One app, built with Framework7 and Capacitor, delivered three ways. Your sign-in, saved packets and settings follow you across devices.

WebOpen bidbudd.ai in any modern browser. Installable as a Progressive Web App. Subscription is managed here.
iPhone and iPadNative app with push notifications and landscape split view for building your bid list.
AndroidNative app with the same features and push notifications.

Account and subscription

Sign in once and your packets, bids and settings sync everywhere. BidBudd.ai is a monthly subscription, billed on the web. Notification preferences, Commuto, vacation, overlap and model-user settings all live in the in-app settings panel.