Originally Posted by baseball

paid the money. No help.

PBS is a company (management) administered pilot staffing and bidding system. It does both. We as pilots (as well as ALPA) have no input on staffing. Therefore, it doesn't matter how smart you are. You can't out-smart a math problem, where one variable is unknown, and the other variable is out of your control.

ALPA's input and control/supervision of Management's bidding/staffing system is just lipstick on a pig. It's very minimal and lacks oversight.

Once you strip all the bells and whistles and shine off of it, it's a Ford Etzel.