Originally Posted by
dingdong
I was able to turn one week of vacation into 28 consecutive days off with PBS... I didn't lose pay or go below minimum credit, I got all the days off I wanted, the overnights I wanted, and I didn't have to take any concessions through PBS to get it. Just smart bidding and knowing the system. And I am not as senior as those senior mammas who could really make the system work for them.
So then you're not telling the whole story and clearly counting days in an adjacent month to make that math work.
Originally Posted by
at6d
Anyway, interesting to see pilots advocating PBS to their FAs during contract negotiations.
Those pilots either don't understand how much better good line bidding is, or they just want to see the FAs suffer under PBS.
Originally Posted by
PK387
You’re not wrong, but it’s hard to have a ton of sympathy for people who are too lazy to bother learning this one system that has such an enormous impact on their QoL. It would be like running for president without understanding how the electoral college works… I’m sorry it’s not totally intuitive at a glance, but at some point, you need to be an adult and figure it out.
Imagine if everyone knew the ins and outs of PBS to the maximum, being smart and knowing the system wouldn't be very useful at that point for anyone.