Job cost is just the start of it. The other huge issue is stagnation. PBS is great if you're senior - top 15%. But for everyone else it's a huge step down in quality of life. In a company like AMR with the worst stagnation in Legacy history, PBS would be a disaster. Already FO's are looking at 20+ years to the most junior CA on property. Think of that - at age 50 sitting in a crash pad getting called out for every pitiful trip / all-nighter in the system flying the oldest planes in the system - S-80s. Now add PBS and you will make CA at age 55! For pilot at AA to support PBS, just look over to the right seat. Truly think what it would mean - if you can remember what it was like to be an FO. For many CAs that was 20 years ago.

From all the FOs at AMR, I would like to say thanks for offering one more idea in a litany of ideas that has ruined our career progression. I'll pass on PBS. Thank You..