Originally Posted by
flyguy81
I think it's all what you prefer and how you work the contract to make it work best for you. We used Flica, which seemed fine but the parameters were skewed way towards mgt so it was basically worthless. Union didn't have any teeth to fight it so garbage in....garbage out. PBS is such a boogeyman that it'll never happen at SWA....the only reason the company would want it is to eliminate the VA conflict bidding which is a no-go.
PBS or not isn't going to affect garbage in. Crappy pairings are crappy pairings whether they're arranged by PBS or built into lines.
PBS allows you to get a schedule customized for your desires (subject to seniority of course). I can put 10 days off in a row wherever I want them, fly the trips that I want, and never have to worry about swapping them out or picking anything up unless I want to. I was even able to do that, for the most part, bidding 70-80%. That, of course, depends on the rules governing it.
You also need to know how to use it, but that's a whole different thing.