Originally Posted by JetBlast77

Ok, I'll respond to this and then leave the rest for the other thread. All ASA guys have the same argument simply because again, they don't understand our system. I'm sure PBS is great and working well for you guys compared to what you had. I have been a line holder for 5 years, and I have always done 1 and 2 day trips. Even when I was the very last line holder in base and all I could hold was 4 days over weekends. During line improvement, I would simply trade my four 4 days for a selection of 1 and 2 day trips that were dropped throughout the month due to senior pilot conflicts from vacation, training, ect. As a result, I would usually gain 6-8 more days off and I would get all my weekends off. I appreciated this as one of the last line line holders in base. The senior guys didn't need to trade for these trips as they were holding what they wanted. What don't you guys understand? You can have the schedule you want, even if you're the bottom of the barrel! Why accept a system that simply awards you what you can hold and thats it? Why force yourself to only bid what you know you can hold? In our system, it doesn't matter what line you get! You don't have to fly a single trip on it. You just need to have a punched ticket into initial line improvement. If you're an initial line holder, you can manipulate your schedule however you wish. If I was a junior line holder, I would rather get 10% of what I want and then trade into 95% of what I want, vs getting maybe 35-40% of what I want and then thats it. I'm stuck flying what I'm awarded. Your system is fine for phase II bidding (guys who would have been reserve but are awarded lines) but we will never accept this for phase I. What we have is simply too good, and once its gone we would NEVER get it back.