Originally Posted by
dojetdriver
Well, that's a good thing. XJT has had this for years. And to key on what I said above, we could advertise portions of trip for pick up as well. So a guy could advertise/drop days 3 and 4 of a 4 day to be home on night 2, THEN go back in and pick up a 2 day due to the massive amount of open time available. So now he has back to back 2 days instead of a 4 day. The amount of flexibility with the line bid system just can't be compared to the PBS one shot deal with limited flexibility later. Especially if what you bid for has to be altered for whatever reason. Family, change of plans, whatever.
I suspect that there are many at ASA who aren't even interested in learning how our line bidding works with our work rules to see if its better just as there are many at XJT who aren't interested in learning if the ASA PBS system under their work rules either.
So far, from what I have learned is that the ASA PBS system with their work rules does allow some degree of consecutive days off as our system and work rules but that the flexibility is NO WHERE NEAR what ours allows. But it does sound like with their PBS system and work rules they have WAY MORE flexibility than their old system and therefore they think that it must be more flexible than our system.
As of right now, even if I concede their vacation bidding is on par with ours, I still feel that our system and work rules are way superior than their PBS and work rules.
The thing of it is, that I doubt the joint contract will be their rules or ours. It will be a whole new set of rules so all of this comparison may be moot anyways.