ASA PBS Passes

[LazyLightnin']

That's an apples to oranges comparison on both those arguments. The issue is working the same amount or more to make guarantee. Not how neat your vacation is or if you got off reserve. Pathetic attempts. Try again.

 

[crj567]

Im making on good months $1000 more under PBS than I would have made with line bidding due to being able to hold a line vs reserve. Wallow in your own misery cackel, cuz its a party on my side of the fence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thoroughly pathetic.

 

[johnpeace]

Thoroughly pathetic.

Hang on...why?

This pilot is doing better with his schedule and pay than he was before PBS. He talks about it here and it's 'pathetic'.

Please explain.

 

[Nevets]

From what I have heard, at Xpress Jet, their bids come out a different time every month, and I am guessing the awards date is a moving target also? Is that true?

The bid results are scheduled to come out around the 10th of the month. Its usually within a day of the 10th. It is very rarely changed after it was published unless something major got screwed up. I know its happened a few times but I can't remember the last time that has happened in the last 5 years. They always close at 0700 CT and are usually posted within a couple of hours afterwords.

I'm actually making more with PBS. Now when I stretch 1 week of vacation into 5 weeks I still make 75 hours...under the old system I was getting hit with MMG and losing 20-25 hours. I love PBS...

Oh no! We are not going to be cost competitive now! Your lack of efficiency is going to bring this company down now that everyone can do that with this new PBS!!!

Im making on good months $1000 more under PBS than I would have made with line bidding due to being able to hold a line vs reserve. Wallow in your own misery cackel, cuz its a party on my side of the fence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The other side of the coin is the senior FO who is going to have to wait longer for his 40% pay raise because now the captains are that much more efficient that they don't need as many reserves.

 

[LazyLightnin']

Fresh off reserve FO's are like rescued greyhounds. No matter what you feed them or how bad you beat the hell outta them, they're just happy to have a home... and a line.

 

[Plainsman]

That is a great analogy.

 

[bigshooter107]

Fresh off reserve FO's are like rescued greyhounds. No matter what you feed them or how bad you beat the hell outta them, they're just happy to have a home... and a line.

Best qoute of the year.

 

[Abernathy]

The other side of the coin is the senior FO who is going to have to wait longer for his 40% pay raise because now the captains are that much more efficient that they don't need as many reserves.

Exactly. But he doesn't get it. As if upgrade wasn't going to take long enough, he's now going to have to wait 10-15% longer than he otherwise would have.

 

[JumpersAway]

The upgrade argument doesn't really hold water. Things are stagnant, less a few random batches, until age 65 clears the backlog of geezers. When things break loose, it will break loose in a HUGE way, and that's when the upgrades will start happening in notable quantities. Until then, we're just stuck in our seats, PBS or no PBS. The "10-15% longer" will equate to a few months, at that point.

 

[resetjet]

The upgrade argument doesn't really hold water. Things are stagnant, less a few random batches, until age 65 clears the backlog of geezers. When things break loose, it will break loose in a HUGE way, and that's when the upgrades will start happening in notable quantities. Until then, we're just stuck in our seats, PBS or no PBS. The "10-15% longer" will equate to a few months, at that point.

Glad someone gets it