Originally Posted by BusterBust

How do you think your block pay and credit will be equal under PBS? The new contract will have a 5 hour min duty vs a 4.5, for starters. So how does soft pay go away? And the 22 hour overnight override remains the same.

You don’t think you’ll ever have any soft pay under PBS? I’ve flown under PBS, there is soft pay.

You get conflict, nice. 20% do each month according to the union. Means 80% does not. And yes, guys who get conflict every month that pick up on top will not see a huge monetary gain with any new contract because conflict is gone, regardless of bidding, and the “free” conflict pay will hit those pilots. This is true.

I’ve done the math on the company’s propsal vs my current pay and it isn’t even close to cost neutral. Maybe because I don’t go in and double dip on conflict drops because I’m part of the 80% that doesn’t get them. I will make more with their proposal. It’s now a matter of waiting to see what the union can get done with PBS discussions and control. Devil is in the details and judging PBS as evil or amazing is like judging a meal before you get to taste it.

Make sure you share your math with the NC this week on the conference call. Will be curious to see what they have to say about it.