Originally Posted by
phrogfella
Are there any upsides to PBS like more efficient schedules? Will it give individual pilots more control with trip trading? How exactly does it get rid of soft money? What’s your experience with PBS? Are there any easy/realistic ways to guard against the cons while taking advantage of the pros? Thanks.
The way PDTs contract is written PBS will schedule you to FAR 117 limits for 75hrs a month credit and min days off.
A total revamp of the scheduling section and the addition of trip/duty rigs, true min day pay, hard minimum days off between trips and greater minimum days off a month, would be required to make PBS work at PDT the way schedulung works at places like AWAC and XJT.