Originally Posted by
Arctichicken
The intent of this MOU was to free up trip trading since in the past, emaestro/crew scheduling would deny a great majority of trade requests in the name of "lack of reserve coverage". It worked for a little while, that is, until Crew Access (aka Crew NoAccess) came along. The company and the author of Crew NoAccess programed this sodomizer to deny any and all trades that do not meet the MOU criteria. So in essence, the company took this MOU which was designed to enhance our QOL and turned it into yet another anti-pilot weapon of destruction. I'm not against PBS but could you imagine what this company will do if we hand them the keys to PBS or any other scheduling venue?
PBS isn't the problem...it's how crew support allows the transactions. At Skywest you could drop trips and pick up others all the time with PBS....you just had to get it approved and make sure you were legal to do so. In Fact I dropped a trip to go to my AS interview....someone pick up the whole trip no problem. The trick is you have to have someone pick it up or your still on the hook for it....least you call in sick. I honestly have no idea how AS's system works...I don't really care until i'm on the line....as I've got other things to worry about right now. I was just getting used to PBS when I left...and it makes life easier I would say....but I have nothing to compare it to. It just seemed flexible to what you wanted to do. Work more work less...drop/add.
BTW....I have no idea what MOU means..... I need a guide on all these new terms I've never had to deal with. The whole negotiations thing is completely over my head at this point.