Originally Posted by wt932051

Sounds like we were better off with the old bid packets and having the schedules come out on the 16th. Not our problem that Mesa does not have the staff due to FA awards either. So much control has been given to Mesa with PBS it is sad. Awards should be out the next day. No excuses. They should have had the final roster figured out on the 16th. PBS is a computer and I understand the run takes a moment for captains who do IOE but they should have that ready to go and set by the 17th. Run the captain awards, then run the FO awards. One day is way more then enough for this. During the test it was out within an hour. Before PBS, Mesa had to have the lines created well before the 16th so we could bid on them. So this excuse that they need even more time with PBS is not for the FA's, but rather to tighten the screws on us with unstacking/coverage awards due to Mesa's poor planning/running even leaner then they did back in the days with bid packets. The FA's are bidding on the same pairings we are so it really doesn't matter at all, they just run with less staff now then they did. Next contract make PBS out within a day on the 17th. Then they can hire people to do just the pilots, and have their own people for the FA's. Make them spend more money in the Schedules dept like we want so we can have our schedules on the 17-18th and can actually plan our lives for next month. I had my schedules on the 16th with the old bid packets and if Mesa had not planned enough pilots, they ended up with reserve lines without any pilots awarded it. Then they JA'ed at least the open time where as now we are unstacked (coverage awards) at straight time. That is sad. Amazing how now it takes 7 more days with a much more sophisticated system all due to the FA's and rosters....hmm. Oh and the rosters should have been figured out and published by the 16th. There should be no final rosters after this. I don't buy this excuse you have given. Sorry MAGPBS. You have not convinced me and kinda sound like a company man. Lets present the real facts and not excuses for the company.