Originally Posted by
afterburn81
A lot of people on here keep mentioning that most to 100% of L-ASA pilots would chose PBS over Line-Bidding hands down. That's a really interesting perspective. I think it's a bit misleading and would like to mention to anyone on the outside looking in that my perspective is completely different.
I look around at many different areas of the company including many that don't have anything to do with me. It's nice to build a realistic overall view opposed to the narrow selective view that it would appear many portray here. People say the word "most" and "every" with a lot of conviction. I can't say that "every" one I speak to likes PBS over line-bidding because I haven't spoken to "every" one. However, the majority that I have spoken to (about 200-300 FO's and junior captains) wish they could go back to the old way of bidding. Just because it works for you and the guy next to you in seniority doesn't mean it works for "most" or "100%" of the group.
Just wanted to clarify that.
Do we work for the same airline?????? In the last 2 years I have met maybe 2 or 3 people that want to go back to line bidding at ASA. Being able to pick the pairing you want, layovers you want, report time you want, and day you want each week is priceless (yes even if you have to work weekends you still get selection with Thursday through Saturday starts, I'm not just talking for the senior people). In all honesty the 2 or 3 I have ran into that didn't like PBS were because they didn't take the time to learn it or ask questions. As a matter of fact, all 3 of them thought vacation low built their schedule to 65 hours, when in fact it tries to build it to 75 and is ok with finishing it at 65 as long as you conflict accordingly. (still a confusing concept for some). So, they were mostly mad at the fact they got more than 8 days of work in a vacation month which was due to their own lack of understanding how it works.