My post is not intended to invite any flames, although I am sure it will.

In my personal opinion, PBS at Skywest works very well. I have never been in the top 20% of either the FO or CA seniority lists and I am happy with what PBS awards me. The handful of months where I felt like I "got the short end of the stick" because of PBS, it was MY FAULT in how I bid.

You live, you learn. You screw up your bid, you learn.

No, we do not have a "union" in the traditional sense at Skywest to oversee the bidding process. (Thank goodness). What we do have, however, is a good working relationship between our management and our pilots.

PBS will work very well for you if you learn how to use it AND your expectations about your potential award are realistic.

If you don't take the time to thoroughly learn how your specific PBS works, believe it or not, you will get what you bid for.