Because a poor pref bid system is worse than line bidding and a lot of airlines had poor pref bid systems forced on them thru bankruptcy. The perception that it must be bad because the company wants it might also have something to do with it.


The ALPA pref bid specialists contend that bidding satisfaction goes further down the seniority list with pref bid than with line bidding.


If you know the FO (PH) who was the pref bid specialist negotiator in 2007, you could go ask him about more pref bid details.