Originally Posted by
CRJDriver
I'm not going to argue whether PBS is good or bad, but I know one of the problems were the actual pairings, which was one of the reasons we had those
crappy 14hr.; 4 day trips. The ATL CRJ200 flying just sucks, too many short legs. Now we have 18/19/20hr. 4 day trips, but you have a lot of 5-7 leg days.
Same problem for XJT in ORD and CLE.
However, it's NOT a line bid VS. PBS problem, it's a pairing build problem. Doesn't matter if the pairings are built and placed on lines, or built and awarded via preferences. Garbage in = garbage out.
XJT CBA is contractually limited to 6 legs per day.