Originally Posted by
Imapilot2
A hundred percent of the pilots having to bid conflicts, work schedule magic and pick up extra time to make a livable wage sucks. I would take PBS and be able to create schedules per my request instead of bidding lines that hopefully generally fit what I want. To me that would be better than trying to keep 15% on the list. Especially if you plan on being there long term.
“Create schedules per my request...” is where you lost me. Maybe that works for people with a lot of seniority in category, but for the bottom 80% it should read “my request MAY be considered by a management controlled computer.” But PBS is just a way to sort pairings says the Spirit MEC.