Originally Posted by
Workin
I had PBS before I was at Alaska. It was very very bad. I have had significantly better schedules here with line bidding even as a junior FO. Additionally as soon as PBS goes into effect they will stop hiring, upgrade time will increase and your seniority is going to be affected. The only reason the company wants it so bad is ($) because they can staff less pilots for the same amount of flying.
This quote says it all guys.
Less staffing is required with PBS.. period. Less movement and taking more control of our schedules is good for the company bottom line.. bad for the pilots. This is the reason they are pressing it so hard on the QX pilots. They know QX is a mighty hard sell to new pilots and will only get tougher in today's attrition rich climate. A system that takes some pressure off pilot recruitment and makes them even more $$ is simply music to their ears.