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907ANC
Switching topics, looking for thoughts about how PBS implementation will impact quality of life, specifically for those on reserve. Open time now, which turns in to reserve assignments, is predominantly weekend, red eye flying. Also, is long call really going to be the default for reserve scheduling?
IMO there is going to be some pain during the learning curve. My prediction is that not enough will participate during the 3 months of trail runs. So everyone will get really unrealistic trips. When we all have to use PBS for our actual line there will be a lot of expectation bias that a pilot can hold unrealistic trips or days off. Most importantly the bottom 50% who will be "unstacked". Those ANC red eye turns have to go somewhere. So there will be a lot of sick calls. Which will go down to the reserve pilots. Effectively continuing the cycle of junior pilots leaving due to flying nothing but ANC and FAI red eye turns.
At least the ones I spoke with were leaving for that reason. I don't have access to the ALPA exit interviews.
As always the joke "have you tried being more senior?" is very, very relevant here. I hear a lot of senior FOs waiting to upgrade until PBS is implemented. This could be a QOL disaster. Unless they are projected to be better than 50% seniority on the captain list.