Originally Posted by
MusicPilot
I asked to do a parallel bid and got shot down. As for PBS vs line bidding, at the end of the day the company builds pairings the way they see fit. They then toss them into 1 big pot. Now, would you rather dig out of the pot and make your own line or have the company dig out of the pot and make all the lines? See, line bidding gives the company more control period. That’s what many complain about PBS, but in reality it’s the other way around. PBS gives the company more efficient pilots, this less of them in which they want to utilize it.
This might be hearsay but isn’t one of the reasons we stopped hiring into the Airbus is because management found how to maximize efficiency with your PBS system and now finds the Airbus side overstaffed? In CQ, one of the instructors said the Airbus staffing model was way off and the company is now exploiting the loopholes. Yes, hiring has frozen on both airplanes but it stopped for the Bus long before the Boeing and I’ve heard when it resumes, it will be Boeing first. So do these “efficiencies” equate to even less hiring? I understand the QOL on the Airbus is slipping further and further away, from what it was, as AAG takes total control of the system. I would be hesitant to accept any system that furthers managements stranglehold of our “efficiency” while furthering the stagnation of pilot hiring. Plus, when the pot of pairings gets picked through, what’s left for the junior guys? When I worked under PBS, there wasn’t much left for anyone under 25-30% in the seat.