No, I want to have a reasonable amount of time/a few days I want every month. “Vacation” in this case would just mean getting an extra 20 hours and no real time off. With line bidding it is theoretically possible to never get off two single days you need off in a month, even if you’re #1 on the list.

The one bonus month/year you get if you’ve been here under 5 years does not beat out actually having some schedule flexibility 12 months/year.

Even at my best seniority here my more junior friends at other airlines were absolutely smoking my schedules every month, both in credit and days off, although our other work rules and aggressive pickups made my paycheck noticeably bigger.

On a personal basis, line bidding works out outrageously great if you’ve been here a long time and can drop vacation every other month to get the days off you want and pretty crummy if you haven’t and/or are junior in your seat.

on a collective basis line bidding results in much more inefficient scheduling, which requires more pilots. There are definitely perks and it’s good enough that I don’t see a need to try to push PBS, but I don’t understand the absolute rabid hatred anytime it gets discussed.