Originally Posted by
Southerner
The funny thing is that the scheduling committee makes changes behind the scenes during the bid runs to make the runs work out with as few problems as possible. This is the EXACT same thing as globalization, it's just manual globalization instead of automated.
Here's a little secret. PBS doesn't honor seniority. It honors seniority AND credit. If you are the most junior person in the company and you have vacation you can get a line because you have pre-assigned credit.
Personally, I love PBS. The globalization thing is just a red herring. There are bigger things to worry about with the new contract. Focus on those.
You couldn't be more wrong. The PWG makes changes within the sort bias. This means it respects YOUR preferences unless you end up being unstacked or ignored. If you sort and select pairings individually, the sort bias will not work. When the system arrives at you, it will go pref by pref until you are complete or it reaches all remaining.
If you are ignored or unstacked on, then you are "globalized". The only reason you like this system is because if there is any "globalizing", PILOTS running the software do their level best to make sure it affects as few as possible.