Why is that? That seems kinda steep.

PBS was introduced at XJT and I loved it. Mainly because I was reserve and I could play with the system to see what days off I should bid. I could see where it could hurt lineholders as XJT was still doing line bidding off excel like spreadsheets.

Because it is in our contract, because that's how much savings they think they'll get with PBS. Our last contract passed because management threatened to shut down the entire airline if we didn't vote yes. It took over a year of fighting and threats and 2 pilot votes but it eventually passed.

For the record the company's savings over the 10 year deal was 0.1% of one quarter's profits at the time. And they were supposedly willing to shutter the airline over that.

Ah I see. Yeah PBS had a clear line of love/hate between the lineholders and reserve guys at XJT. I actually forgot to bid one month and ended up with the best schedule I had ever seen up to that point. It's also how I discovered that the 3AM reserve call out was a hidden gem.

Might work for you now. But if you plan on having kids your wife won't be flying out for rendezvous she'll be stuck at home watching the kids by herself, while your shacked up wasting time doing reserve or lost days in the middle of no where.

Live in base, and bid reserve and it's practically a part time job most of your career. Either you don't know what your missing or your kidding yourself.

definitely would be tough with kids. If you can live in base then go for it. I just think commuting is the nature of the beast. What happens when you move to base and your kids are in middle school with a good church to attend and huge network and you get snagged by a major. New base and another relocation?

The most junior guy got it yes, but so did someone 2 senior to him and so on up the list. Their lines are brutal for sure but trip trading and such can improve them. Dallas has longer reserve times but should drop. Lga is anyone's guess.