Originally Posted by
RamenNoodles
I fully understand what you are saying but all of it is predicated on the way your lines are built right now. I promise you that with ASA in control of line construction, you're quality of life will decline significantly. 85% or more of our open time swaps were denied under the line bidding system because of low reserve coverage (line holders don't count in their stupid coverage formula so it was not "fluid and dynamic" at all), and you'll never see a line that has a mixture of 2 and 4 day trips, so yes, you'd have to swap the whole month if you wanted 2 days.
If XJT management were to remain in control of line construction, I'd be 100% in favor of dumping PBS. With ASA in control, line construction and open time is terrible and I'd never want to go back.
And I fully understand what you're saying. But let me give you 2 examples to possible help you better understand the points;
1) After the close down of branded in Sept 08, the lines/pairings went to absolute crap. But as myself (and others) KEEP repeating is this. We could ALWAYS make our lines better via the LIW's
2) During the reign of the green lantern, same thing. I fact, he even decided to shut the scheduling chair out of the pairing construction process. As a result, the lines/pairing went to crap. Again, we could ALWAYS improve that via the LIW's
Now, lets flip that coin around. If ASA management wanted to do nothing but build crap pairings and only a fraction of the pilots get their preferences met while the rest get garbage, what recourse will there be to improve their lines? FACT, PBS eliminates open time, PERIOD.
And I'll repeat it AGAIN. Under the line bid, tons of pairings become available that weren't there in the initial bid. Whether they be 1 days, 2, days, 3 days, or 4 days.
So even if ASA built all the pairings, the pilots would STILL have the ability to improve their awards under the XJT's system. Can that be said about PBS?