Originally Posted by
Jamers
Fine I'll say it. Do we look at PBS and shoot for much higher pay rates? Say legacy pay +? If losing transition and line bidding were to achieve that, would it be worth it? I personally disliked PBS at my previous airline but with proper protections in place, along with good rates, QOL wouldn't have to suffer as much. Just honest questions.
It's a fair question. The non-starter in the past has been the unwillingness of the company to allow the software to be built with pilot-preferred protections in place (training/vacation conflicts, etc) as well as this company's history of unwillingness to work with ALPA on pairing/line contstruction.
Put simply, the system the company would go for would not be one you'd go for. History here shows we need every protection we can get. A win-win PBS system would be great but unfortunately is probably not feasible.