PBS Sucks!!
05-14-2019 | 08:54 AM
#32
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I would have guessed a better result at 65%. Not trying to be a D. but do you have experience with PBS and have you had someone else look at it? I went over the bid of the guy I was flying with and he definitely was doing it wrong. He used a different PBS in his last company and it was enough to mess it up completely.
05-14-2019 | 08:55 AM
#33
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05-14-2019 | 08:59 AM
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Bottom line is, if you want weekends off, you pretty much have to waive it when the majority of trips are 4-days. I believe it'll be gone in 6 months, and, unfortunately, we did nothing to monetize the loss. It's a shame because we made sacrifices over the previous couple of contracts to keep it, and now we're just giving it away.
05-14-2019 | 09:02 AM
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PBS Sucks!!
Bottom line is, if you want weekends off, you pretty much have to waive it when the majority of trips are 4-days. I believe it'll be gone in 6 months, and, unfortunately, we did nothing to monetize the loss. It's a shame because we made sacrifices over the previous couple of contracts to keep it, and now we're just giving it away.
That still doesn’t work. I waived it and I am working every weekend. At least with line bidding and the 6 on 4 off I could catch a weekend off. Now I can’t if I want to stay off reserve.
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05-14-2019 | 09:40 AM
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05-14-2019 | 09:53 AM
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Well, if you're junior enough to have to worry about RSV, weekends off probably won't happen for a while. But doesn't it seem reasonable that senior pilots should be able to have weekends off? Under PBS, at least seniority is relevant. With line bidding, everyone had to take a bite of the same poop sandwich.
05-14-2019 | 10:03 AM
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Well, if you're junior enough to have to worry about RSV, weekends off probably won't happen for a while. But doesn't it seem reasonable that senior pilots should be able to have weekends off? Under PBS, at least seniority is relevant. With line bidding, everyone had to take a bite of the same poop sandwich.
05-14-2019 | 10:22 AM
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Senior pilot is a relative term, but it isn't someone trying to avoid reserve. You shouldn't expect to hold weekends off at that relative seniority. The "contractual right" to 4 days off was voted out, and the majority apparently decided that it wasn't worth holding on to. So, it is now your contractual right to waive it. Everyone is playing by the same rules. You could try to make the same argument about any of the waivers usurping seniority, but it just doesn't hold water, it's in the contract the majority voted in. In 6 months the argument will likely be moot. If you don't like it, tell your reps, or ask your scheduling committee for more 3-day trips. Ultimately, who gets to decide if the 4-day waiver sticks? That decision was also waived to the JPWG in this contract.
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