CFI2766
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My thoughts on PBS.....
1. It isn't a matter of IF, but a matter of WHEN and WHAT IN RETURN....This is a window of opportunity to address the scope issue....
I agree, it's coming. However, I think I'd trade it for better work rules, higher rates, bring premium back, more busses to the parking lot, free beer in the Badda Bing, whatever. The benefits of the scope will happen on their own. More on this later.
2. PBS does solve the issue of integration....No more integration...
3. PBS does hurt those of us who enjoy turning one week of vacation into 3 weeks......
Spot on. However, doesn't the current contract have the same affect? I mean, if you get a vacation that requires you to drop trips, and you don't get paid for those dropped trips, isn't that the same net result? To net the same amount of credit for the month, you have to repopulate the month with other flying. (I think this was a HUGE concession in the current contract that we shouldn't have agreed to.)
4. Based on what it does to vacation, I am not a fan of PBS.....However in the current environment I am more than willing to leverage it for the even more pressing issue of job security.....
I see two sides of job security: Keeping management from taking flying away from ASA (or, simply not awarding any new flying to ASA [ultimatetly, being the cheapest]), or, probably more effectively, keeping new pilots from choosing to enter the airline industry.
I'm not endorsing PBS at all, but in an indirect way, PBS does provide some of the benefits of the Scope that most airline pilots want. This industry, and spedifically, ASA, eats their young. It's precedented historically, but many decisions are made for the benefit of the top 10% of the seniority list, versus the benefit of the whole seniority list. (Decrease in new-hire pay, loss of premium, 'signing bonus' payout calculations, et al....)
(Wierd formatting due to my inability to type quickly...)
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