When the Company or the union points to an isolated provision that appears in some Legacy contract, my answer would be “Fine. Let’s just adopt the entire contract.”

Of course they won’t go for that because—as so many so self-righteously point out—a contract is a package of benefits and burdens. Management loves to pull the worst parts out of a whole bunch of contracts while ignoring the fact that adopting the contract in its entirety would cost them waaay more than they are proposing.

This isn’t the menu at some Chinese restaurant. If management wants PBS because they claim it’s industry standard, then they also need to be OK with the industry standard terms that protect against the potential abuses of PBS. 5:15 min day. 3.5 to 1 trip rig. Minimum vacation credit, etc.