Section 25: Scheduling/PBS LOA

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01-31-2018, 06:06 AM

Qotsaautopilot

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Section 25: Scheduling/PBS LOA

Pros and cons of ta

02-02-2018, 04:31 PM

bruhaha

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Looks like after PBS, reserves can’t drop anything. Only vacation float reserve days.

02-02-2018, 04:35 PM

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Looks like after PBS, reserves can’t drop anything. Only vacation float reserve days.

Yea that sucks bigtime.

02-02-2018, 04:40 PM

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How do you maximize vacation under the proposed PBS??

02-02-2018, 04:45 PM

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How do you maximize vacation under the proposed PBS??

Call out fatigued for the first day of your next trip?

02-02-2018, 04:46 PM

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Looks like after PBS, reserves can’t drop anything. Only vacation float reserve days.

That's a huge win for the company and a hit for the pilot group whether you are on reserve or not. The ability to drop reserve days forces the company to keep reserve staffing much higher than what would be needed otherwise. This will also reduce the amount of 200% trips available.

02-02-2018, 05:05 PM

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Reading this section is giving me chills....

02-02-2018, 06:17 PM

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Read it.

I see no definition of ‘operational recovery ‘.... Did they not allude to the fact they can’t run a “good airline”? This thing could be BAD. (I omitted lots of expletives....)