Years ago this pilot gets in the hotel van to the airport, I think in MSP, bragging about how he helped write the code for PBS and how it was intentionally complicated so only a select few could get what they wanted. I’m still surprised I resisted the urge to punch him in the back of the neck.

No pilot at Delta helped write any code for PBS. It’s a vender sourced 3rd party program. Multiple versions are used by many airlines. Airbus bought out the original company that wrote the program and now owns it.

I have about 13 years here and I'm still a narrow-body fo. There's a reason why captain went junior when we were hiring. Hint: it's not because pilots would rather be first officers.

I didn’t care about the validity of his story. Still wanted to punch him.

Sorry to be so slow, I'm not picking up on your hint. Can you just spell it out for me?

It's because our schedules are so hard to manipulate if you don't have weekends and holidays off after initial PBS run. No one wanted to be junior. Narrow-body captain was hitting the bottom of the list almost. Now that no hiring is going on, profit sharing is gone, and company using reinstatement loophole to keep pilots locked out of upgrading, I expect captain to go way more senior in future bids. Who knows how long you'll have to wait going forward if you pass on a bid. I know I have my captain bids in.

I sure hope so! We need to clear out some of those senior WB B's lol.

WB FO will be a tougher get than NB CA. NYC will always be junior for those brave enough......

Nah man, people are figuring out how terrible life is as a WB FO! NB CA is WAY better...think of all that pay, fly with your favorite Capt...the respect!

you had me till the respect part. 🤣😕