Those are for reserve 30/31 day months, for hard lines:
Days in month - average days work/line
31 13.5
30 13
29 12.5
28 12
Way better than what we have

 

That is awesome. But hey 4 days off

 

I know, right! I have talked to the union about it but I don’t think they heard me, as far as I know SWA is the only one, but I really think it is way better than min day off, especially if set at 12....
I would have taken 15/15.5 days work/month. Last month in LAS average 13.9 days off

 

Even the most garbage pbs systems out there have a distinction that basically says: 100 pilots, 80 are guaranteed lineholder.

So if you're 75 and that happens, too bad, you're a lineholder and there's nothing they can do.

 

Huh? I’m confuse by this. With PBS you can be #1 and bid for reserve if you want, it gives one more junior guy a chance to be a line holder, just like line bidding.

 

Right. The point I was making is if you do not INTENTIONALLY bid reserve in PBS, even the ****tiest PBS system CANNOT give you reserve if you fall within the lineholder threshold.

So when someone up there said "system won't build you a full line because of 4 days off, now you fall to reserve or relief" is just an inherently misunderstanding of PBS and it explains why so many here are afraid of it.

 

Actually that's a very correct statement at least with NavBlue. 4 days off min is kind of pointless because you can bid for 4 days off in a row or 8 days. It doesn't mean your going to get it. If you're senior, that's great you will get it. For those that fall close to the lineholder / reserve bubble, you will waive the four days in order to get a line. If you do not have a backup bid that waives 4 days off in a row and you are on the cusp of a line, it will give you reserve. That's what hard coding a min day off in a row will do in the system. Unless there's some serious customization of Navblue, that's how the system will operate.



As far as pairing construction goes... yes the company does want high efficiency trips. It wants pilots to fly. It does nothing to have pilots sit in hotel rooms. What the company doesn't want is to pay pilots to not work (rigs, min day etc.). They will always try to optimize out of soft time. What makes things difficult is the route structure we currently have. It doesn't make it easy to get the efficiency either side is looking for. And why it's apples and oranges to compare SWA with us.

 

What would be considered senior with PBS? 10, 20, 30%

 

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