Originally Posted by
moon
PBS takes the same sequence pairings that we have with line bidding. So you get the same credit each sequence so you'd have to work a lot more days to increase your credit. PBS also gets rid of transition, vacation, training and flight time conflicts so you lose out on pay from there while also taking away most open time so you lose the ability to pick up overtime. That's how you lose money.... there's a reason the company had a 5 million dollar price tag on it if we chose to say no to PBS.
Exactly. If we get PBS, we need some serious work rule improvements to come with it. With our current rules, PBS would be horrible for anyone but the few pilots at the top.