Originally Posted by
JetBlast77
Im confused as to why you would say id be better off with PBS. With our current system I do mostly day trips, am home every night, and haven't worked a weekend in the last few years. With 60% of the base above me, are you honestly telling me my QOL will be better under PBS? There is absolutely no way.
No, I'm not saying your QOL will be better with PBS than it is right now. What I'm saying is you'd be better off with PBS in the near future because you'll likely see a significant decrease in 2 day pairings when ASA management takes over your scheduling processes. In the future when you can't hold an entire schedule with 2 days, you can at least hold a few 2 days with PBS and then attempt to trade what's left. With line bidding, you'd never be able to hold 2 days when ASA takes over your pairing construction. You'd be stuck with an entire schedule of 4 days and then it would be up to you to trade out the entire month. I can't think of an easier way to explain this. ASA loves 4 day pairings. They will eliminate as many 1, 2, and 3 day pairings as they can and your 60% seniority will not be able to hold an entire schedule of 2 day pairings during the initial bid run. With PBS, you can get SOME 2 days and trade the rest.