Originally Posted by
Bananie
I am wondering why all the angst about PBS? If you got rid of PBS at Delta you would have a riot. Instead of just picking whatever line management creates, we get to build our lines from scratch according to our needs. Same with reserve. If I want to take a vacation, I just pile up reserve off days into one block and then go away with the family. PBS is way better than line of time. I don't have a dog in this fight so don't attack me, vote no if you want to vote no, I am just wondering why PBS has everyone so scared?
Well. I'm currently on vacation for the month of October and I'm working 7 days this month and crediting 92TFP with 19 consecutive days off.
I've worked under PBS and I was in the top 15% of the seniority list at the time. It isn't the worst thing in the world, however I will say that anyone that currently has at least 3 weeks of vacation at SWA will lose WAY more than they would ever gain from a PBS system at SWA. Sitting where I sit, I will vote no very loudly to any contract that includes Pref Bid.