Aircraft Driver,

A couple of things to point out:

- A quick stint on reserve and then holding a line with weekends off is not the norm. Be prepared for a lot longer reserve and working weekends/holidays.

- As a lineholder with PBS I can get a 78 hour month working 3 -four day trips for a total of 12 days a month, but at my seniority 90/140 I will usually fly mostly on the weekends. If I bid for weekends off I can mostly get that but the trips are not as efficient.

- You generally have a lot of flexiblity with trip drops and trades etc but this can diminish almost to zero during the summer/busy periods when reserve manning is lower.

- PBS gives you a lot of flexibility to manipulate your schedule but you have to be realistic regarding your seniority.

- If you asked this question in July your responses would be a lot different as a whole then now.

Scoop