PSA has the best schedule flexibility in the industry - mainline or regional. It is one of the only good parts of the contract. Once you hold a line, you pretty much work whenever you want, and that is it. People that are hating on PSA's contract have no idea what they are talking about. The only bad part is the pay scale and the 12/4. Both of these are things that will be going away quickly. And once they do, PSA's contract will be well above the half way point. Pay will improve before summer is over or we will start to lose people and park airplanes. AAG will not let this happen.

I am not a PSA cheerleader. There are bad parts about working here, but it is not the contract. It is the company not following the contract that they agreed to. The management are cheating us, and we are fighting them through he arbitrators.

About scheduling flexibility.

During the SAP (schedule adjustment period), you can drop or add any trip with no regards for holidays or how many reserves are available. There is no reason that a line holder should ever work Christmas, New Years, birthdays, 4th of July, Super Bowl Sunday, etc... unless you want to.

If you want to take 2 weeks off in July, you can - and do so without using vacation time. You just drop down to 65 hours of credit and have 16 days off. If you want to credit 100 hours in February, you can. Just pick up additional trips and make more money so you can pay off your bills.

It is the best part of the contract by far. Personally, it is worth quite a bit to me to be able to do this. In the 9 months, I have not worked one trip that I was awarded. I have dropped and picked up better trips. I am able to fly with people that I like, have layovers that I like, pick up higher credit trips, and be off when I want to be off. I avoid overnights that I don't like, and drop trips with people that I do not like.