Originally Posted by
CantStayAway
It hasn’t been discussed much as most of us don’t know. Having worked under PBS before I will say I believe it will benefit the very senior and the very junior the most.
As a junior pilot stuck on perpetual reserve, a week of vacation may actually be the ticket to holding a line one month while there are a lot of guys senior to you on reserve. That was one thing that really bothered me about PBS at my previous airline, but it comes with the territory.
The senior pilots will get to cherry pick their trips and still take advantage (although not quite as much as current book) of working over their vacations.
In general I think we will see less trips available in open time and on the trade board because more people will get what they want in the initial bid.
Vac as a reserve will no doubt will be better than current book. Having said that the grid numbers in the pbs LOA will change. Also there will probably be an added column for all res not just 6*3. There’s issues when applying inviolate days. It’s just not a good idea to negotiate this in public amongst ourselves.
Last edited by fcoolaiddrinker; 04-20-2019 at 10:58 AM.