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Ask any pilot (with the exception of MAG pilots) what PBS does for a pilot group. It makes them more efficient, eliminates open time, and thus reduces the number of pilots needed to fly the same amount of block hours.

Read between the lines: its a concession. While it does offer the senior guys an increase in QOL, it won't do anything for you. I know this b/c the DEN D-8 is junior. I'm roughly halfway up the list, and I doubt I'll see any increase in the QOL. Maybe a day or two a month.

As I mentioned in a different thread, the current lines will result in a better QOL for junior guys, compared to PBS. With the current lines, the crap is spread a little more evenly across the pilots of a given domecile. Ex/ This month. There are only so many lines that have X-MAS eve and day off. The rest work some portion of one or both. Some of those lines with both off, work every weekend and new years. Some of the senior guys are willing to "throw" the whole bid away for 2 days out of 28. Others aren't. So, some junior lineholders are afforded the opportunity to have x-mas off.

With PBS, the senior guys will bid x-mas eve and day, weekends and new years off. Some/Most will get it. The next wave of guys (Group B) will bid mostly the same thing. Some of group B will get x-mas, new years, and a weekend. The middle of the road guys will get weekends and maybe new years, and the junior guys will get none of it. Meaning, all holidays and weekend flying.

Being junior entitles you to nothing, but by the same token, shouldn't lock you in to the worst days, trips, and overall schedule. I'm not exactly junior, but this aspect of PBS concerns me for those who are.