Originally Posted by
ORDinary
Because it is in our contract, because that's how much savings they think they'll get with PBS. Our last contract passed because management threatened to shut down the entire airline if we didn't vote yes. It took over a year of fighting and threats and 2 pilot votes but it eventually passed.
For the record the company's savings over the 10 year deal was 0.1% of one quarter's profits at the time. And they were supposedly willing to shutter the airline over that.
Ah I see. Yeah PBS had a clear line of love/hate between the lineholders and reserve guys at XJT. I actually forgot to bid one month and ended up with the best schedule I had ever seen up to that point. It's also how I discovered that the 3AM reserve call out was a hidden gem.