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But seriously
Its not only (or even mostly), about who is better at bidding. PBS will still only give you what your seniority will hold. The biggest difference is likely to be a huge reduction in OT. PBS won’t allow conflicts, so the only OT around will be sick calls, or the occasional Mil leave that gets submitted after bidding closes. QOL has way more to do with the efficiency of the trips. PBS will mostly just be less money in everyone’s pockets.
The "huge reduction in OT" is not necessarily true. PBS providers themselves only promise 2-3% reduction in post-build OT. It depends on work rules. PBS can allow things like vacation slide, DTS, training conflicts and such. Envoy doesn't have that many open sequences in the bid package if you look at the bid package.
I'm not saying this is what management will give you, but PBS itself does not mean a huge reduction in OT, the work rules and PBS implementation may.