Originally Posted by
golfandfly
People make a huge deal over PBS. I worked at a legacy carrier that had it. Sorry, but it wasn't a big deal. Seniority ruled, and many times you had better lines than you have now. Instead of someone else building lines, you built them yourselves. I hear guys saying that they can't get a full month off on vacation months and that sort of thing, then they sell back their vacations and work 20 days that month anyway. I'd much rather have our current system, but it has it's price too.
There may be guys that complain then sell it back, but I sure hope your attitude towards PBS doesn't spread. I've never heard ANYONE speak of PBS dismissively like this, either at Fedex or other carriers who have it- in fact the opposite. They advise to fight it like mad. I believe it's a HUGE deal and hope you do too. It is imperative we keep the OPTION of scheduling our vacations and then working every other day, or just taking it and having the enormous flexibility we have now. I will fight tooth and nail to prevent PBS, for what my one opinion and vote matters, rather than have one day vacation for one day off. We spend enough time away from home as it is.
Never mind the trust it would take to work under that system.