Originally Posted by
gatorhater
I agree with many of your sentiments, not necessarily this one. If you had a PBS like Continental did or SkyWest has you’re right, it would kill this place. One like ASA/ExpressJet has on the CRJ side ain’t that bad. It is all in the work rules and programming that are negotiated. I’m not saying it would be easy, and some factions would certainly be upset (commuters to home city), but it can be done. May just not be worth the work. PBS gets a blanket bad name, but not all forms are bad.
PBS creates efficiencies for the company by removing conflicts with vacation, training, etc. It reduces the number of pilots that you need to operate the schedule, and therefore your rise up the seniority ladder would be slower. You can forget about 6 weeks off with 9 days of vacation as the last guy pointed out.
Granted, some airlines have it better than others. All depends on how it's negotiated. It would absolutely kill our vacation, regardless.
Take a look at our secondary line process if you want a glimpse at what it might look like.