This is not the sunshine and pixie fairy dust unicorn discussion Reggie..

The AA guys say they like their new PBS....but they have been in an extended honeymoon with management so that is not suprising. Is it?

We probably won't survive long enough to implement it. The place is imploding. Management is violating our contract left and right, we've already threatened a status quo strike, FOs are bailing in droves. All the E175s are probably going to skywest, except for 1 so they can activate our concessionary contract starting May 1st.

I foresee you guys having to pick up a lot more Horizon routes to cover your own feed in the short future.

What PBS vendor is Alaska considering?

You sure about that or did I miss the sarcasm?

American Airlines pilots upset with holiday bid schedule | The Star-Telegram

American Airlines offers double pay to 198 pilots after holiday scheduling issues | American Airlines | Dallas News

I sure hope our new scheduling software (Crew Access) isn't an indication of what PBS would be like. 4 years and $28 Million? What use to require 2 steps now requires 3, 4 or 5. smh

The two NY based guys I talked to, and who have been parallel bidding for several months, both said they liked how it is working for them. The aforementioned issues were not brought up and represent a serious flaw in a complex endeavor like implementing a new bid system. IIRC we had to re run last Decembers prefbid due to some minor preference tweaks that were not properly announced by the company or vendor. As far as what I can gather, the current trade system at AS, eMaestro, often crashes when trading begins. I don't know, maybe mgmt considers that a feature and not a bug. YMMV

AS pilots, you guys still bid manually (paper) vs. PBS due to peculiarities w/PBS not honoring seniority (stacking, or any other dorky terminology that pilots don't really understand). I hate PBS....does not follow seniority at times.

I love PBS. Commutable trips with 16-18 days off per month and some control over what days I work, and I'm not senior.

You're confusing pairing construction with pairing assignment. PBS did not construct those high credit, commutable pairings. It just assigned them.