Here's a tidbit from the UAL thread on the subject:

"In DEC, a LOT of pilots got ROYALLY SCREWED thanks to this POS we call PBS. I bid for ONLY lines.........but ended up on reserve, while 5 guys JUNIOR to me got lines (some as high as 89 hours of nothing but mid-body trans-cons and three more days off than me). I had a week of vacation and three days blocked for my PC........and three of the guys junior had vacations too (two had the XMAS week off), yet PBS couldn't "build me a line". The most junior lineholder didn't even bid for a line and didn't WANT a line, but was awarded one. So tell me, what kind of garbage is that? These guys are given a life, make more money, and can trade for trips they want, while more senior guys are getting SCREWED by being put on reserve. ANY TA/JCBA will be voted down by me with PBS in it."

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