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I like BIG Bus
The whole reason PBS exists is to avoid conflicts and conflict drops. Your vacation will be put on your schedule and slide prior to line building. You will get two buffer days to put on your schedule on either side as well to “protect days off” after the line is built to guarantee at least 9 days off in a row. Same thing with training days too. How many actual days off you get or if you end up on reserve because you can’t build a line with enough credit depends on your seniority number. Oh yeah, that’s right, if you can’t get enough credit but people junior to you can. PBS will build a line for junior pilots and you will be on reserve by default. Life under PBS can be quite interesting.
If your vacation days are worth 5 hours, you are basically starting the month with 35 hours and a block of 9 days off where trips can’t be placed. Being able to stretch that 9 days to two weeks or more will depend on your seniority.