Originally Posted by
Biffsteritis
Regarding the 4%: is the four percent not what is referred to as unstacking? If anything in open time greater than the four percent will be placed on pilots schedules without respecting a pilots selections, is this not what we should be concerned about?
No. 4% open time means less unstacking because the software isn’t programmed to shove everything onto lines. There are separate unstacking limits that will be negotiated during the next 12 months that will limit how far up the list unstacking can go. I believe Spirit negotiated a 50/30 unstacking limit, which IIRC is the same as Delta. Holiday unstacking can go up to 50% up the list. Normal days is stopped at 30% up the list. Due to the language in the PBS LOA, it is likely we will get something similar.
And vacation? Don’t try to fool us with that one. PBS reduces our current vacation and reduces the number of days off compared to what we can currently generate with line bidding
Vacation values will decrease slightly for those who are currently able to drop more than 35-40 hours of trips (not everyone can do that). As far as reducing the number of days off, it will be pretty comparable (+/- 1-2 days). In fact, with FDO RSV lines, it’s possible more junior pilots could even see long stretches of days off in a row in a vacation month.
This has been explained multiple times in these threads and yet you either do not understand or just refuse to believe it.
Why in the world are we even considering a TA based on PBS? For what? The union keeps telling me that I’m going to keep my schedule flexibility, but now I’ll be awarded trips that I haven’t bid for? PBS, as efficient as it is, will also drive some bottom line holders to reserve. It will be all that they can hold.
Let’s face it, when you bid a line right now, you don’t get EVERYTHING you want on it. In other words, there are likely trips on your lines you bid now that you wouldn’t have bid for if you could bid for them separately. So the current system awards you trips you wouldn’t have bid for, but are forced to because it’s part of a bigger package. With PBS, unless you’re among the most junior lineholders, or you don’t know how to use the software, you will likely get a lot more of what you want than with line bidding. If you do end up getting something you really don’t want, then the exact same system we have today will be available to you to drop/swap with open time....but with more than 3 times the amount of open time.