I agree some of the broken trips that are non-productive will be eliminated with PBS.
As for being away from home being part of being an airline pilot, I did just fine as an airline pilot when I flew 1-day trips, credited 85 hours or so per month, and was away from home less than 200 hours a month. Just because PSA's schedule-building favors being away from home 400 hours a month, doesn't mean that's the way it is everywhere, or the way it always is.
Should we expect our representatives to trade away the limit on trip length from 4 days, to 6 now, just because we're airline pilots?